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Cilka's Journey

The Sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz

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Cilka's Journey

By: Heather Morris
Narrated by: Louise Brealey
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Nominated in Best Fiction at the Audie Awards 2020.

The sequel to the International Number One Bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz, based on a true story of love and resilience.

Her beauty saved her life - and condemned her.

Cilka was only sixteen-years-old when she was taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, noticed her long beautiful hair, and forced her separation from the other women prisoners.

Cilka did what she had to in order to survive Auschwitz. And yet after Russian soldiers liberated Auschwitz in 1945, Cilka was charged as a collaborator and sentenced to serve a fifteen-year sentence for 'sleeping with the enemy'. Once again, she found herself on a brutal train journey, crammed into a carriage with many desperate women and children. This time, her destination was Siberia. She was by then only eighteen-years-old.

So began a new life of horror and brutality in a prison camp close to the Arctic Circle. But in this unimaginable darkness, this terror beyond terror, Cilka found endless resources within herself, her profound humanity and determination helping her to survive against all odds.

Cilka's Journey is a remarkable novel of courage and resilience, based upon the heart-breaking true story of Cilka Klein. Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available to pre-order now.

'She was the bravest person I ever met'
Lale Sokolov, The Tattooist of Auschwitz

©2019 Heather Morris (P)2019 Bonnier Books UK
20th Century Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Resilience Romance Russia Heartfelt Tear-jerking Funny Survival
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I couldn’t stop listening! A very well written tale shedding even more light on our history.

Stunningly moving

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This is a book for women mainly. Just like the “Tattooist” which is fabulous, it encompasses attachments to that book. Well written and spoken, it’s a window into the human filth of the past. Craig Berry 2019

A sad tale

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This was a fantastic book. I learnt so much about our worlds history and was in awe of the story being told. I couldn't stop listening.

Educational and emotional listening

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I hope I never catch myself complaining about anything again… My only thing about this audio reading is I found it hard to imagine it was the retelling of a real story read aloud in a well spoken and kind English accent but I guess that also made it easier to hear the whole story without distress

Brutal but brilliant

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A wonderful story taking inspiration from true events. A beautiful ending and excellent summaries containing facts

Excellent read

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