Posts

Showing posts from November, 2018

I Read The Tattooist of Aushwitz on a plane

Image
I bought this book in the Birmingham airport a few weeks ago and finished it on our day of travel. It is fantastic. Deeply moving. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather   Morris My rating: 5 of 5 stars I do not usually buy books in airport stores because they are incredibly overpriced. We flew from Birmingham to Chicago to Austin and then drove to Waco. That meant I had 9 hours of travel on my hands. I have been seeing this book and had it on my wish list, but had not picked up a copy. With the recent shooting in the Jewish Synagogue (and Jewish nurse working on the shooter), my heart was pricked to remember the story once again. Angry, empty people are everywhere looking for a target. It’s good to remember the people who stood against atrocity. It’s good to reread the horrific acts and see the hidden heroes in unlikely places. That’s what this is. I had wondered if this was a true story because it says it’s historical fiction. The publisher tells us that the designation bec