࿔*:･ﾟ ❝We're always living days we can never get back. So we make new ones.❞ ･ﾟ:･*࿔
I'm absolutely blown away by this book; even more so than I was the
࿔*:･ﾟ ❝We're always living days we can never get back. So we make new ones.❞ ･ﾟ:･*࿔
I'm absolutely blown away by this book; even more so than I was the first time I read it. I'm blown away by stefania podgórska and everything she stood for and everything she did. I'm blown away once again by the sheer horror of how the jews were treated during wwII, something that no humans should have to go through. and I'm blown away by sharon cameron, her talent and tact at crafting such a meticulously researched and beautiful story. sharon cameron, it seems, understood stefania on a personal level. It truly felt like I was reading a diary or a memoir.
࿔*:･ﾟ ❝The world is beautiful, but people make it ugly.❞ ･ﾟ:･*࿔
imagine that you are living in a small apartment with an SS officer next door and two Nazi nurses sharing one of your two bedrooms. every day when you walk to work you see more officers, and occasionally you'll see the blue body of someone who was hanged for hiding jews. you constantly pass signs describing what will be done to jew sympathizers. your Nazi nurses are extremely annoyed by the rats in your attic.
except they aren't rats. You are hiding thirteen jews in your tiny attic, and you could be caught and shot through the head at any second.
such is the horror and fear that stefania podgórska experienced every day, at every second. It's a wonder she didn't buckle and break under the pressure; I certainly would have. and it's even more of a wonder how many close calls she somehow emerged from mostly unscathed. God had His hand on her, guiding her, and protecting her so she could save thirteen of His people.
࿔*:･ﾟ ❝It was wrong to paint all men the same color. Whether they were Jewish or Polish. Or even German.❞ ･ﾟ:･*࿔
someone without a bone of writing talent in their body could write about this and I would be mesmerized; the story is simply so astounding. But sharon cameron is one of the most talented authors I have read, and she tells this story better than I imagine anyone else could. every minute detail was researched and perfected by reading stefania's secret memoir and talking to people who knew stefania personally. stefania podgórska is the definition of a hidden hero in history, but this novel brings her story to light in a beautiful way. The Light in Hidden Places is a book that I think everyone should read, even if historical fiction isn't your preferred genre or even if you hardly ever read, because it's a story everyone should know.
࿔*:･ﾟ ❝The sky is is full and bright above us, shining down in all the hidden places. Because somehow, in some way, we are alive.❞ ･ﾟ:･*࿔
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