What Are We Reading In January?

[debih]

My library books have arrived so my Dianne Chamberlaine has been put to one side.

I have a new Jodi Picoult but am reading the other one first.

Life in a Jar, The Irena Sendler story. It is the true story of a polish social worker who, during WWII worked as a plumber in Warsaw ghetto. She smuggled out 2500 Jewish children either in her tool bag or a box. She kept a big dog in the back of her van which she trained to bark when she stopped at check points to put the guards off looking in her van.

She as caught, tortured and sentenced to death but escaped. She kept the names of all the children she smuggled out in a jar and tried to reunite them with their parents after the war, but most parents were dead.

Her heroism was suppressed by communist Poland and only came to light in 1999 when three school girls in rural Kansas stumbled on information about her and wrote their history project on her - a play that they called Life in a Jar.

I can't wait to start the book - but must read some adoption papers first!

[Kaz]

I've heard of her, she was an amazing woman

[debih]

She is pretty much unknown. I only heard about her because I saw something on Facebook and it intrigued me.

Schindler helped 1000 people escape, Irena helped 2500. They made a film about him - few have heard of her.

[miasmum]

Gosh, I have seen that book Deb, but didn't realise what it was about

I am reading The Winter Folly by Lulu Taylor. Bought it in WHSmiths yesterday half price

[Kaz]

I read about her when the book first came out, there was an article about her in the newspaper. Her story was so amazing, it stuck.

[Kaz]

Or was it when she died? Don't think that was very long ago, she lived into extreme old age I'm sure. Off to Google >>>>>>>>

[Kaz]

It was five years ago but this is the article I remembered

[JoM]

Road To Rouen by Ben Hatch. Loving it, I've been giggling away at it

[Lozzles]

I'm now reading The Misbegotten by Katherine Webb. So far so good

[JoM]

Really enjoyed The Road To Rouen

I've now started The Confusion of Karen Carpenter by Jonathan Harvey