I look back on 2018 with utmost gratitude. A year ago, my husband and father suffered strokes within the span of three weeks. I spent months worrying about their recovery, watched tentative steps grow into wobbly walks. Neither man is fully recovered, yet they are moving, talking and exercising. My father just turned 90 and […]
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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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Well, it’s been a busy month. Naomi, the narrator of the upcoming audiobook, Surviving the Fatherland, jumped right in and began recording. Via ACX I could listen to each chapter to check for pronunciation, potential errors, etc. Well, Naomi is a pro and so I didn’t find much to flag. The occasional German word threw
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Follow my Journey to Publish ‘Surviving the Fatherland’ as an Audiobook It makes perfect sense that readers have different tastes, not only in books and genres, but also in the formats they prefer. I’d been reading a lot of publishing advice that urges authors to offer audiobooks because more and more readers love to ‘read’
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***More than 10,000 copies sold since March 15, 2017*** ***#1 Amazon Bestseller in German Historical Fiction*** I’m humbled and excited to announce… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Annette Oppenlander/812.391.6310/Annette.oppenlander@yahoo.com 11th ANNUAL NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE® AWARDS ANNOUNCED Local Author receives national recognition from the 11th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards! Los Angeles: — The 11th Annual National
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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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Book Title: Every Man Dies Alone Author: Hans Fallada, born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen Overview Hans Fallada’s Every Man Dies Alone deals with the lives of several Berliner citizens during Germany’s Third Reich. After Otto and Anna Quangel’s only son dies at the front, the couple becomes disillusioned about the government. Rations grow leaner and the
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