Heather Morris

In 1942, the Nazis came for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, the eleven-year-old daughter fled to the only person she trusted: her piano teacher… The author of the international bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, returns with a masterful new novel that captures the astonishing bravery of ordinary people in extraordinary times. Inspired by real events and people, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse tells the story of piano teacher and French Resistance operative, Andrée Levallois, and the young girl she risks everything for. With the authorities closing in, Andrée and the girl are caught in a desperate race to stay alive. Soon, they are separated, and so starts Andrée’s fight for survival. She is determined to return and honour her promise to save the girl who has been entrusted to her care. ‘A remarkable story of survival and how love triumphed in that lawless hell. A phenomenon’ The Times on The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Kun pelissä ei ole vain oma vaan myös toisen henki Suomessakin bestsellerlistojen huipulle nousseen Auschwitzin tatuoijan kirjoittaja Heather Morris tuo lukijoille jälleen sydäntäsärkevän tarinan rakkaudesta, perheestä ja uhrauksista. Vuonna 1942 natsit marssivat juutalaisen perheen kotiin miehitetyn Pariisin Montparnassella. Kaaoksessa yksitoistavuotias tytär Mathilde pakeni ainoan luotettavaksi uskomansa henkilön luo. Hänen pianonsoitonopettajansa Andrée Levallois oli Ranskan vastarintaliikkeen aktiivi ja otti kaikkia riskejä uhmaten tytön suojiinsa. Pian Andrée ja tyttö joutuivatkin taistelemaan henkensä puolesta. Saksalaiset nuuskivat Montparnassella taukoamatta ja kaksikon elämä muuttui taukoamattomaksi kamppailuksi henkensä puolesta. Heidän tiensä erkanivat ja Andrée vangittiin. Hän päätti kuitenkin olla menehtymättä voidakseen palata Pariisiin pelastamaan tytön, joka oli uskottu hänen huomaansa. Romaani on tositapahtumiin perustuva henkeäsalpaavan kaunis ja samanaikaisesti mukaansatempaava, sydäntä särkevä ja kohottava tarina. Kirjan on suomentanut Kristiina Drews. Heather Morris (s. 1953) päätyi kirjailijaksi elokuvakäsikirjoittamisen kautta ja aloitti romaanillaan Auschwitzin tatuoija ja sen jatko-osilla Cilkan tarina ja Kolme sisarta holokaustikirjallisuuden tuoreimman buumin. Hänen teoksiaan on myyty kymmeniä miljoonia ja käännetty yli 50 kielelle. Suomessakin teoksia on myyty yli 300000. ”Kirja muistuttaa niistä historian pimeistä hetkistä, joiden ei toivoisi missään nimessä toistuvan. - Helsingin Sanomat Auschwitzin tatuoijasta

From the #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel full of the author's characteristic empathy and understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the unexpected friendship they find together, this is an irresistible and unforgettable read for fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and John Green. Jesse is fifteen. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents, even when they're arguing, which feels constant these days. But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed. Alex is twenty-nine. He doesn't love a lot of things and isn't really sure he knows how to. A virtual reality games designer, his work desk is empty except for his computer, much like his life sometimes feels. Then Jesse makes a wish. A simple one: a video experience made of her life, something to be there, just in case she isn't. One loving teenager. One lonely adult. Which one will get the happy ending?

From the #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel full of the author's characteristic empathy and understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the unexpected friendship they find together, this is an irresistible and unforgettable read for fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and John Green. Jesse is fifteen. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents, even when they're arguing, which feels constant these days. But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed. Alex is twenty-nine. He doesn't love a lot of things and isn't really sure he knows how to. A virtual reality games designer, his work desk is empty except for his computer, much like his life sometimes feels. Then Jesse makes a wish. A simple one: a video experience made of her life, something to be there, just in case she isn't. One loving teenager. One lonely adult. Which one will get the happy ending?

From the #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel full of the author's characteristic empathy and understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the unexpected friendship they find together, this is an irresistible and unforgettable read for fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and John Green. Jesse is fifteen. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents, even when they're arguing, which feels constant these days. But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed. Alex is twenty-nine. He doesn't love a lot of things and isn't really sure he knows how to. A virtual reality games designer, his work desk is empty except for his computer, much like his life sometimes feels. Then Jesse makes a wish. A simple one: a video experience made of her life, something to be there, just in case she isn't. One loving teenager. One lonely adult. Which one will get the happy ending?

1942. När Singapore faller offer för den japanska armén placerar den engelska musikern Norah Chambers i desperation sin åttaåriga dotter Sally på ett skepp bort från ön. När staden kort därefter står i lågor ansluter sig den australiska sjuksköterskan Nesta James till de skräckslagna människor, ibland dem den förkrossade Norah, som trängs ombord på HMS Vyner Brooke. Efter bara två dagar till sjöss bombarderas fartyget och sjunker.Nesta och Norah når Indonesien där de tillfångatas och flyttas till ett av japanernas ökända fångläger som präglas av svält och brutalitet. Men även där finns glädje i musiken, i Norahs "röstorkester" som hjälper de internerade att hålla humöret uppe. De vänskapsband de knyter med dussintals andra kvinnor i lägret ger Nesta och Norah hoppet, styrkan och kamratskapet de behöver för att överleva.Systrar under en uppgående sol berättar historien om kvinnor i krig: en roman om systerskap, tapperhet och motståndskraft under de mörkaste av omständigheter, från den bästsäljande författaren till Tatueraren i Auschwitz, Cilkas resa och Tre systrar.

From the bestselling author of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel of a dying teenager's final wish, a lonely young man's journey towards connection, and the unexpected friendship they find together. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and John Green.Jesse is 15. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents - even when they're arguing, which feels like constantly these days. But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed.Alex is 29. He doesn't love a lot of things. To be honest, he's not really sure he knows how to. His desk at work, as VR games designer, is empty, much like his life feels sometimes.Then Jesse makes a wish. A simple one: a video experience made of her life, something to be there, just in case she isn't.One loving teenager.One lonely adult.Which one will get the happy ending?Heather Morris is an international no.1 bestseller and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. This brand-new novel is a fresh direction for her but speaks to all the themes that you know and love her for: hope in the darkest of places, family, love and courage.

From the bestselling author of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel of a dying teenager's final wish, a lonely young man's journey towards connection, and the unexpected friendship they find together. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and John Green.Jesse is 15. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents - even when they're arguing, which feels like constantly these days. But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed.Alex is 29. He doesn't love a lot of things. To be honest, he's not really sure he knows how to. His desk at work, as VR games designer, is empty, much like his life feels sometimes.Then Jesse makes a wish. A simple one: a video experience made of her life, something to be there, just in case she isn't.One loving teenager.One lonely adult.Which one will get the happy ending?Heather Morris is an international no.1 bestseller and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. This brand-new novel is a fresh direction for her but speaks to all the themes that you know and love her for: hope in the darkest of places, family, love and courage.

De la aclamada autora de xitos del New York Times, Heather Morris y del best seller El tatuador de Auschwitz, llega una inspiradora historia de hermandad y supervivencia, basada en hechos reales. El 14 de febrero de 1942, el Vyner Brooke, un barco mercante que transportaba a un grupo de expatriados que hu an desesperados de Singapur, fue hundido por bombarderos japoneses. Aunque muchos de los pasajeros se ahogaron al instante, Nesta, enfermera australiana, y Norah, m sica inglesa, sobrevivieron milagrosamente y llegaron a las playas de la isla de Banka, entonces controlada por los japoneses. De inmediato fueron tomadas como prisioneras de guerra y separadas de los hombres. Norah no estaba segura del destino de su marido, John.Durante casi cuatro a os, Norah y Nesta lucharon por sobrevivir. Trasladadas de un campamento a otro, finalmente se establecieron en el infame campo de prisioneros de Palembang, en lo profundo de la jungla de Sumatra. All , las mujeres y los ni os se enfrentaron a la enfermedad, el hambre y la impensable brutalidad infligida por los soldados japoneses: menos de la mitad de los reclusos del campo vivieron para ver a los japoneses derrotados. Sin embargo, estas mujeres encontraron, en s mismas y juntas, un coraje y un ingenio extraordinarios.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONFrom the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, Heather Morris, and the bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz, comes an inspiring story of sisterhood and survival, based on true events.On February 14, 1942, the Vyner Brooke, a merchant ship carrying a group of expatriates desperately fleeing Singapore, was sunk by Japanese bombers. While many passengers drowned instantly, Australian nurse Nesta and English musician Norah miraculously survived and reached the shores of Banka Island, which was then under Japanese control. They were immediately taken as prisoners of war and separated from the men. Norah was unsure of her husband John's fate.For nearly four years, Norah and Nesta fought to survive. They were moved from camp to camp, eventually ending up at the infamous Palembang prisoner-of-war camp deep in the Sumatran jungle. There, women and children faced disease, starvation, and unimaginable brutality at the hands of the Japanese soldiers: fewer than half of the camp's inmates lived to see the Japanese defeated. Nevertheless, these women found extraordinary courage and ingenuity within themselves and together.

1942: Den japanske hæren erobrer Singapore. Øya står i brann, og mange av de utenlandske innbyggerne må flykte. Den engelske musikeren Norah Chambers har allerede sendt datteren i trygghet, nå må hun selv komme seg unna. Sammen med en gruppe australske sykepleiere, får hun plass på skipet HMS Vyner Brooke. Men bare etter to dager til sjøs blir skipet bombet og senket. Norah og venninnen Nestah, redder seg i land på en strand i Indonesia, men blir fanget og sendt til et enda verre sted enn det de forlot, de beryktede japanske krigsfangeleirene. Her råder sult og brutalitet, men også små glimt av håp, som når musikken fra Norahs "stemmeorkester" gir de andre fangene et øyeblikks flukt fra elendigheten. Og kanskje vil vennskapene kvinne i leiren bygger gi noen av dem håpet, styrken og kameratskapet de trenger for å overleve. Dette er en historie om kvinner i krig: en roman om søsterskap, tapperhet og utholdenhet under de mørkeste omstendighetene.«Det er svært sjelden at tårene renner når jeg leser ei bok, men Heather Morris´ "Søstre i soloppgang" er noe av det styggeste og vakreste jeg har lest på aldri så lenge. Dette er ei fortelling man aldri glemmer. (...) hun er en historieforteller av klassen strålende; hun fanget meg inn i historien om krigsfangene Nesta, Norah og deres venner på et vis jeg knapt kan huske og denne historia kommer jeg aldri til å glemme. (...) Intet mindre enn stor litteratur om ekte og store mennesker.» Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen (Terningkast 6)

V knige "Istorii nadezhdy" Khezer Morris jarko i zhivo povestvuet o svoem detstve, seme i o rabote v krupnom meditsinskom tsentre Melburna, gde ona uchilas primenjat na praktike umenie pravilno slushat ljudej, chtoby pomoch im pereosmyslit samye tjagostnye sobytija zhizni. V chastnosti, odna iz takikh istorij, a imenno rasskaz Lale Sokolova o ego prebyvanii v Osventsime, byla vposledstvii polozhena Morris v osnovu romana "Tatuirovschik iz Osventsima". Eto proizvedenie - vdokhnovljajuschij putevoditel po zhizni dlja kazhdogo iz nas. V nem rasskazyvaetsja o zamechatelnykh ljudjakh, ob ikh neverojatnykh istorijakh i ob urokakh, kotorye my mozhem iz nikh izvlech.

Silke bylo vsego shestnadtsat let, kogda ona popala v kontsentratsionnyj lager Osventsim-Birkenau v 1942 godu. Krasota devushki privlekaet vnimanie starshikh ofitserov lagerja, i Silku nasilno otdeljajut ot drugikh zhenschin-zakljuchennykh. Ona bystro uznaet, chto vlast, dazhe nezhelatelnaja, ravnjaetsja vyzhivaniju. Vojna okonchena. Lager osvobozhden. Odnako Silku obvinjajut v shpionazhe i v tom, chto ona spala s vragom, i otpravljajut v Vorkutinskij lager. I zdes Silka ezhednevno stalkivaetsja so smertju, terrorom i nasiliem. No ej vezet: dobryj vrach beret devushku pod svoe krylo i nachinaet uchit ee na medsestru. V stremlenii vyzhit devushka obnaruzhivaet v sebe silu voli, o kotoroj i ne podozrevala. Ona nachinaet neuverenno zavjazyvat druzheskie otnoshenija v etoj surovoj, novoj realnosti i s udivleniem ponimaet, chto, nesmotrja na vse, chto s nej proizoshlo, v ee serdtse est mesto dlja ljubvi.

Osnovannyj na realnykh sobytijakh zhizni Ljudviga (Lale) Sokolova, roman Khezer Morris javljaetsja svidetelstvom chelovecheskogo dukha i sily ljubvi, sposobnoj rastsvetat dazhe v samykh temnykh mestakh. I trudno predstavit bolee temnoe mesto, chem kontsentratsionnyj lager Osventsim/Birkenau.V 1942 godu Lale, kak i drugikh slovatskikh evreev, otpravljajut v Osventsim. Okazavshis tam, on, blagodarja tomu, chto govorit na neskolkikh jazykakh, poluchaet rabotu tatuirovschika i s uzhasajuschej skorostju nabivaet nomera novym zakljuchennym, a za eto poluchaet nekotorye privilegii: otdelnuju kamorku, chut poluchshe pitanie i otnositelnuju svobodu peremeschenija po lagerju. Odnazhdy v ijule 1942 goda Lale, zakljuchennyj 32407, nanosit na ruku drozhaschej molodoj zhenschine nomer 34902. Ee zovut Gita. Nesmotrja na ikh tjazheloe polozhenie. nesmotrja na to, chto kazhdyj den mozhet stat poslednim, oni vljubljajutsja i vopreki vsemu verjat, chto sumejut vyzhit v etikh nechelovecheskikh uslovijakh. I khotja polozhenie Lale kak tatuirovschika otnositelno luchshe. chem ostalnykh zakljuchennykh, no ne zaschischaet ot zhestokosti esesovtsev. Snova i snova riskuet on zhiznju, chtoby pomoch svoim tovarischam po neschastju i v osobennosti Gite i ee podrugam. Nesmotrja na postojannuju ugrozu smerti, Lale i Gita nikogda ne perestajut verit v buduschee. I v etom buduschem oni objazatelno budut zhit vmeste dolgo i schastlivo...

"What do you remember butterfly?" He whispers into her ear while gripping her waist tightly. She bites into her bottom lip trying to hold in the tears threatening to fall from her deep hazel eyes."Everything..." she whispers back feeling his hand grip her neck. "Is that right?"

Fenomenalnij roman pro zhinochu stijkist i zhagu do zhittja vid avtorki bestseleriv "Tatujuvalnik Aushvitsu", "Podorozh Tsilki" ta "Obitsjanka sester" Gizer Morris.U rozpal Drugoji svitovoji vijni anglijska muzikantka Nora Chambers vidpravljaje vosmirichnu donku Salli na korabli z Singapuru, vidchajdushno namagajuchis uberegti jiji vid japonskoji armiji, scho nastupaje z Tikhogo okeanu. Avstralijska medsestra Nesta Dzhejms virushaje dopomogti poterpilim pislja bombarduvannja japontsjami torgovelnogo sudna "Vajner Bruk", de j zustrichaje naljakanu Noru.Provivshi strashnu dobu v mori pislja zatoplennja sudna, utsilili distajutsja ostrova Banka ta opinjajutsja v tabori dlja vijskovopolonenikh. U taborakh, perepovnenikh zhinkami ta ditmi, bez pitnoji vodi ta jizhi, nemaje zhodnogo shansu vizhiti, i vprodovzh trokh rokiv Nora j Nesta, a razom iz nimi desjatki zhinok ta ditej, plich-o-plich borjutsja za svobodu.PerekladachZhanna Karpenko

Uus trükk telesarjakaanega!Tõsielul põhinev "Auschwitzi tätoveerija" räägib mehest, kes seisis holokausti ühe kõige jõulisema sümboli - vangide käsivartele tätoveeritud numbrite - taga.Slovakkiast pärit Lale Sokolov määrati Auschwitzis tätoveerijaks ja ta oli sunnitud päev päeva järel kustutamatu tindiga kaasvangide kehasid märgistama, mis inimesed vaid numbrikombinatsioonideks taandas. Lale taipas peagi, et ametikohaga kaasneb teatav vabadus. Ta kasutas laagriosade vahel liikumise võimalust, et mõrvatutelt pärinevaid kallis-kive ja raha toidu vastu vahetada ning teisi hinges hoida. Vahelejäämise korral oleks ta tapetud, kuid risk tasus end ära, tema hangitud toidupalad päästsid paljusid.Lale mõistis selgelt, mis teda ja ta kaasvange ootab, kuid otsustas teha kõik, et põrgust eluga välja tulla. Mitte lihtsalt ellu jääda, vaid väljuda sellest puhta südametunnistusega ja häbita.

She is your typical sunshine. All bright smiles and big personalities - or at least that is what she shows to everyone else besides herself. The only person who see's her dark thoughts, numbed feelings, and painful days was him. But after her father was found to be the traitor of the Yakuza organization in the States, she is immediately labelled as the traitors daughter. An enemy, a scum. With a mother battling wit health issues, a younger sister to provide for, she begs for mercy.