"Teresa's War" is a
wonderful mix of pieces of history, memories, action scenes, bravery and
emotional happenings
Choose to change the types of
books you usually read and try this one. It is probably the kind of book you
never had a chance to encounter. A wonderful mix of pieces of history,
memories, action scenes, bravery and emotional happenings, all written in an
excellent style and elegance. A story that will manage to captivate your
curiosity right from the beginning. Just read the Introduction and you will
know what I mean.
The book starts softly, with the
presentation of an old woman, marked by her life’s long years, illness and cold
weather. But still, in spite of the fact that old age is leaving imprints over
her body, the old lady has a strong spirit and good will. She is characterized
as being an altruist person, who willingly helps her shallow and almost wealthy
neighbor, just because her friend made her of use and wanted. Marked by years
of loneliness, the old lady seems to appreciate the company of her next door
neighbor, so she will accept to aid her in different choruses. Of course, the
author will let you know her name. The old lady’s name is Teresa, which
automatically will lead your thoughts to the title of the book. You already
guess the old lady is the central character in the book.
But this book has a story based
on the brave deeds, during the World War II, of a young girl living in Tyrol,
the Austrian region taken over by Nazis at that time. Then, how did such a
brave person ended up a lonely and helpless old lady? The story is told from
the point of view of the main character, like the old woman remembers aspects
of her former life. Take each step with her in the book and found out how she
managed to help a family of Hungarian Jews to escape. Bearing in consideration
that Teresa was only seven years old at that time, what she did were pure
actions of bravery and concern for the human life. Thus, we have the story of a
child hero, who managed to survive and also help others in one of the darkest
pages of mankind history.
Teresa's War
is available at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1770764437
About the Author
I wrote my first book, an adventure story, at 12 when recovering from a childhood illness. After leaving school I trained in cosmetics and skin care until becoming the chief perfumery and cosmetic buyer for a department store. As a wife and mother I wrote the odd article or short story for magazines but it wasn’t until the 1980’s I returned to writing fulltime and have now completed over twenty fiction novels, ranging from murder mystery series to a teen fantasy trilogy and historical family saga. One of my titles has been on Waterstones best seller list and another was translated for the Indian market. Ten years ago I was writing scripts for TV soaps and radio, including storylines for the popular soap operas Eastenders and Coronation Street. I have one son and two grandsons and live a quiet, but busy, life in the north west of England.
