Last month I offered NetGalley readers a chance to review my bestselling and award winning WWII novel, Surviving the Fatherland. Here are snippets of their reviews, which I have to admit, are great fun to read. “Definitely 5 stars. I can see why this book is so loved. Very engrossing, deeply moving and character you […]
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Walking through my hometown, Solingen, in Germany, you’ll come across some old structures. I don’t mean historic districts like Gräfrath, after WWII the only preserved part of town. No, I’m talking about bunkers (bomb shelters). One could ask why there are still around? Too expensive to remove? Would we use them again? I doubt it.
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Had you asked me a year ago whether I’d expect a lot of surprises in 2017, I would’ve said no. However, last year brought a lot of change, some fun, some difficult and some shocking. Let’s do the fun part first. My new novel, Surviving the Fatherland, received several awards and became a #1 bestseller
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***Extra…Extra*** Surviving the Fatherland just received the ‘Chill with a Book Award‘ which makes the fourth award since publication in March 2017. A huge thank you to my readers and reviewers! Background information and purchasing links Germany in December One thing people who’ve traveled around Europe this time of year comment about are Christmas markets
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More than a month ago I set foot in my home country, Germany, in particular I returned to the town I grew up in: Solingen. I have since discovered that if you leave your home for 30 years, you don’t fit into Germany’s neatly organized bureaucracy any longer. All Germans have to report to the
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Once upon a time a freshly degreed German woman traveled to the U.S. to take a job in marketing for a hotel chain. At a Super Bowl party she met an engineer who worked in aerospace. That was in 1987. Thirty plus years, three kids and several careers later, the no longer so young woman
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I’m very happy to announce that ‘Surviving the Fatherland’ received a 5-star rating and coveted ‘Crowned Heart Review’ from InD’tale Magazine. Here is what they said: Lilly and Gunter are seven and twelve when WWII begins. In this remarkable true story, these children are faced with the atrocities of war and daily survival, yet somehow,
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I’m going to address an issue I’ve come across and some of my readers may not like this. So be forewarned I’m going to talk about sex. No, I’m not going to discuss any physical, and let me say, very human interactions. I’m going to share my opinion about allowing sexual scenes into my novels.
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Much has happened in the few weeks since releasing ‘Surviving the Fatherland.’ Here is a list: Books Go Social (BGS), a large writing and reading community, gave ‘Surviving the Fatherland’ its Gold Quality Seal of Approval. Each seal is numbered individually to avoid unauthorized use. For the past two weeks or so, ‘Surviving the Fatherland’
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Here are a few things that happened during the last week: ‘Surviving the Fatherland’ Released On Bestseller List in Canada! Now an IWIC Hall of Fame Novel You can now order the eBook or paperback directly without wait. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve seen a steady uptick in orders and it seems that
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