An important book from a devastating time period.

Delightful. Tragic. Beautiful. And heroic. Cilka’s Journey is the follow up to The Tattooist of Auschwitz where we were introduced to Cilka. I loved this book way more than Tattooist. I connected more with the character of Cilka. I feel like books based in this era never really focus on the aftermath. This one followed Cilka as she is thrust into another prison camp where she is sentenced for fifteen years. There she makes friends, some enemies, and finds a career and love she never thought she could have. She meets people along the way who are more sympathetic to her than she ever thought. Cilka is brave. She’s fierce. She’s protective. She’s broken and fragile as well. What I loved is how well this book was written. I loved that Heather Morris prefaced and ended the book by saying that there were some liberties taken as it is a fiction book but all the characters were based on real people. She was able to relate the horrors experienced by these people while still stringing together a beautiful plot. It was wonderful and I couldn’t recommend it more!