After being liberated from Auschwitz, Cilka is accused of being a spy because she can speak multiple languages and having slept with the enemy. She’s taken to a Siberian prison where conditions aren’t much better than Auschwitz. She faces many challenges much like in the other place. She begins working in the prisoner's hospital with a nice female doctor who seems to care for her. Throughout the story, Cilka is faced with death and horrifying things every day, but somehow she still finds somehow that she’s still capable of love.
I loved reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz so much. It was such an inspirational story, so when I saw that Heather Morris wrote a sequel featuring another character from the same book I knew I had to read it and I am so happy that I did. Heather Morris is an amazing author. I have tried to read other books about people who survived Auschwitz and other places like it, and I just couldn’t. She has a way with words that I will always enjoy reading.
You don’t necessarily have to read The Tattooist of Auschwitz before you read Cilka’s Journey, but I highly recommend it. Cilka mentions Lale and Gita (the main characters in The Tattooist of Auschwitz) a couple of times when she is remembering things from the past but for the most part, it’s just about Cilka’s life after Auschwitz in the Siberian prison.
While, yes, this is a dark, sad story, it’s also a story of hope. Cilka’s hope falters many times throughout the story, but I mean who’s wouldn’t in a place like that, especially after already being in Auschwitz. I do promise you this though, you will have a smile on your face at the end of the book.
I loved reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz so much. It was such an inspirational story, so when I saw that Heather Morris wrote a sequel featuring another character from the same book I knew I had to read it and I am so happy that I did. Heather Morris is an amazing author. I have tried to read other books about people who survived Auschwitz and other places like it, and I just couldn’t. She has a way with words that I will always enjoy reading.
You don’t necessarily have to read The Tattooist of Auschwitz before you read Cilka’s Journey, but I highly recommend it. Cilka mentions Lale and Gita (the main characters in The Tattooist of Auschwitz) a couple of times when she is remembering things from the past but for the most part, it’s just about Cilka’s life after Auschwitz in the Siberian prison.
While, yes, this is a dark, sad story, it’s also a story of hope. Cilka’s hope falters many times throughout the story, but I mean who’s wouldn’t in a place like that, especially after already being in Auschwitz. I do promise you this though, you will have a smile on your face at the end of the book.