Irena's Gift
An epic World War II memoir of sisters, secrets and survival
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
18 July 2023
Summary
If we seal off the past, how will we ever know the truth?
In 1942, in Nazi-occupied Poland, a Jewish child was smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto in a backpack. That child was Karen Kirsten’s mother, but she knew nothing about this extraordinary event until one day a letter arrived from a stranger.
After Karen eventually discovered the grandparents she loved dearly were in fact not her biological grandparents, she travelled the globe to uncover her family’s past and to find the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761340055 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761340050 |
| Author: | Karen Kirsten |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 18 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 512g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
Karen Kirsten
Karen Kirsten is an Australian-American writer, genocide educator and refugee advocate. A former marketing executive, she was raised in Australia by a Holocaust survivor mother and grandparents who silenced her questions about extermination camps. Karen lectures around the world on hatred and reconciliation. Having lived in five countries across three continents, she now calls Massachusetts, USA, home.
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