As Nora, the protagonist of Robert G. Penner’s The Dark King Swallows the World points out early on, an empiricist “only believes what there’s evidence for. Things you can see with your own eyes,” and for much of my reading and writing life this has held true for me as both a consumer and a practitioner of fiction.
Here is part II of my interview with Ted Barris. This interview has been edited for length and for clarity.
Ted Barris, Canadian writer, journalist, professor, and broadcaster is the author of twenty-two books, many of which focus on Canada’s military history.
The Austrian film director that made Greta Garbo a star.
The first half of Fish’s book is a faithful narration of Stanley’s journey as a genealogist leading to the work he facilitated in reuniting missing family members – including Maria. The following section is Maria’s story and details her life and long search for her biological family.
One of the privileges of getting to review for The Miramichi Reader is the opportunity to read some really very fascinating books. Obviously, since I’m pointing this out, Barbara by Joni Murphy is one of them.
A riveting historical thriller about a Jewish cigarette girl in 1930s New York who finds the soldier who burned down her Russian village years earlier only to be swept up in a political conspiracy on the eve of World War II.
Flight Risk is the story of finding exactly who you need when you least expect it.
Excerpt: A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother’s survival of Hitler’s forced labor camps
A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray.
The Paris Daughter is a sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love.
Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Johanna van Zanten is a moving exploration of Dutch citizenry in Holland during the Second World War.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis comes a “heartrending, captivating tale of family, first love, and fate” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author) about a woman who stumbles across a mysterious children’s book that holds secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II.
In this masterful account of a hidden episode of history, Faubert chronicles the tragedy of exile and the meaning of silence for those whose traumas were never fully recognized.
Based on the full text of ninety-two letters written during the Second World War and beyond, Dear Billie tells the true story of a long-distance romance that began during the war and lasted a lifetime.
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