I always had a special relationship to the old Jewish cemetery in Prague as a young student, I used to go there and read, sit on one of the benches, and there was nobody there. It felt like my private island in the middle of Prague. I emigrated from communist Czechoslovakia to the West in 1986, however, the communist regime fell in 1989, and we … Continue reading Jewish cemeteries in Prague
Magda Prague 1940 THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER — MAGDA CAN’T GO TO SCHOOL ANYMORE A taster This is the worst day ever, Magda Stein sobbed as she walked home. She walked past the renaissance palaces of Mala Strana, and across the bridge over the River Vltava. Normally she would look at the beautiful view of the Prague castle from the bridge. Today, she … Continue reading First chapter of my novel “Why Didn’t They Leave?”
This is for you, those many people who never read my book “Why Didn’t They Leave?” Maybe you should ! You can access it here. Now you probably think: “The cheek, how dare she telling us what to read?” Well, maybe it will make you curious. I am a very curious woman, and being a family doctor was a perfect job for this, people tell you … Continue reading If you know me, stop here, you know all this.
Here is first of a series about Pat Black Gould soon to be published book about a Jewish girl hiding in a monastery and about my novel ” Why Didn’t They Leave? We are recording the series in honour of the Holocaust remembrance day on 27th January Here is one of Pat’s book illustrations. Continue reading Series of videos about 2 very different books
This my last blog in 2021. It is a sad one and it summarises my Autumn. I am making a full stop. My novel “ Why didn’t they leave?” is about the painful 20th century history, The Holocaust, emigration, totalitarian system. I am now writing a different book, not about Holocaust. It might even be funny. My son bought an old book in a second-hand … Continue reading It will never happen again, right? We will not allow it.
This week, my family held a ceremony to mark the installation of a Stolpersteine in the pavement in front of the house from where my family was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943. The Stolpersteine, which literally means ‘stumbling block’ in German, was an idea of a German artist Gunter Demnig who wanted people to discover the last address of those deported by the Nazis by … Continue reading Stolpersteine
I am in Prague. Tomorrow, we are going to lay Stolpersteine http://www.stolpersteine.eu/en/home/ in front of the house in Prague where my family lived before they were deported by the Nazis to a concentration camp. There will be the 5th generation there, my grandchildren. I will blog about that, of course, but I’d like to talk about a play I saw in London the evening before … Continue reading The play Leopoldstadt and coping with traumatic family past.
It’s all happening, official British launching of my book, my BBC Radio 4 interview. On 28th September, my book will officially be published in th UK. There is also a possibility to review the book on the publisher’s site. The book has already been available in the USA since 5th August. https://www.bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/book/288/Why%20Didn’t%20They%20Leave%3F/ So whoever is kind enough to want to review my book on Amazon, … Continue reading Exciting week -book and a BBC Radio 4 Interview
I can’t wait for my readers to review the book on Amazon and Goodreads, but because of Amazon’s rules it can’t be before 28th September, and even then people shouldn’t rush because apparently when too many people try to review the book on the same day, Amazon gets suspicious. So I have to be patient. Not my forte! My publisher received these 3 wonderful short … Continue reading Some readers like my novel, will my relatives like it, too?
It is exactly one month before my novel’ official publishing day. 28th September. The book is already available in paperback, the e-book doesn’t come for another month. Some of my friends and family already have my paperbacks from the author’s copies I received. I am nervous. Suddenly I have a crazy idea that it might be a good book. Will other people think so? This … Continue reading When you read my book after 28th September, if you like it could you review it? Please?
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