Behind the Pages: The Warsaw Sisters
A peek behind the pages of Amanda Barratt's latest release. Read the StoryI love talking to other author’s about their writing an research processes, especially when it comes to WWII history!
So I’ve started a new type of post for newsletter subscribers where I take you behind the scenes of another author’s WWII book. In time, I’m hoping I’ll be able to feature both fiction and non-fiction books, asking the same five questions of each writer.
It is my privilege to feature The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt this month. Amanda has a way of breaking your heart at the same time as filling it with hope with her stories of courage and resistance. I’ve previously reviewed both Within These Walls of Sorrow and The White Rose Resists and they are both exceptional, so it was my pleasure to ask Amanda these five questions.
I hope you enjoy going behind the pages of The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt.
Behind the pages: The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt
Tell us a bit about who you are and how you write?
What is your book about?
Why this story and why now?
Though the Second World War has been written about extensively, Poland’s wartime history remains relatively unknown, especially in North America. In the midst of one of the most brutal occupation regimes faced by any European country during the war, extraordinary resistance was born. As I researched the women who risked their lives to rescue Jewish children and the women who suffered and sacrificed as soldiers during the Warsaw Uprising, their dauntless courage left me in awe and their stories begged to be explored through a narrative format.