The Girl in the Striped Dress

<p><strong>Auschwitz 1942: This unforgettable novel based on a true story brings to life history's most powerful tale of forbidden love. Set within the barbed wire of Auschwitz a man and a woman fall in love against unimaginable odds. What happens next will restore your faith in humanity and make you believe in hope even where hope should not exist</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>I won't let anything happen to you he whispered pressing a note into her  hand. Her entire body trembled when she read it: <em>I am in love with you.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong>Helena</strong> steps off the cattle train onto the frozen grounds of Auschwitz. She has twenty-four hours to live. Scheduled to be killed tomorrow she is not even tattooed with a prison number. As the snow falls around her she shivers knowing that she has been sentenced to death for a crime she didn't commit.</p><p>When a gray-clad officer marches towards Helena and pulls her away she fears the worst. Instead he tells her that it's one of the guard's birthdays and orders her to serenade him.</p><p> </p><p>Inside the SS barracks the air is warm thick with cigarette smoke and boisterous conversation. After she sings to the guard <strong>Franz</strong> he presses a piece of cake into her hands--the first thing she has eaten in days. On the spot he orders her life to be saved forever changing the course of her fate.</p><p> </p><p>What follows is a love story that was forbidden that should have been impossible and yet saved both of their lives--and hundreds of others--in more ways than one.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Fans of <em>The Tattooist of Auschwitz</em><em> The Choice</em> and<em> The Orphan Train </em>will be utterly entranced by this unputdownable page-turner. This completely heartbreaking yet beautifully hopeful novel shows that love can survive anything and grow anywhere.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><u>This book was previously published as </u><em><u>Auschwitz Syndrome</u></em><u>.</u></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Readers love <em>The Girl in the Striped Dress</em>:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Wow. Wow wow WOW</strong>. I almost have no words. <strong>This was an incredible</strong> <strong>heart-wrenching</strong> read... <strong>Insanely captivating</strong>... <strong>I cried buckets</strong> reading this story... <strong>Wow</strong>... <strong>What a tale</strong>. I <strong>seriously can't get over this</strong> and I'm so glad I was able to read it. Goodreads reviewer ?????</p><p> </p><p><strong>Wow!!</strong> <strong>Time to clear your schedule </strong>for the afternoon<strong> coffee pot on and phone turned off--you won't want to put this one down</strong>. <em>Avid Reader</em> ?????</p><p> </p><p><strong>I loved this</strong>...<strong> Wow!</strong> This stopped me in my tracks and made me <strong>shed a tear</strong>. We must never ever forget... <strong>Stunning</strong>.<strong> </strong><em>Nicki's Book Blog</em> ?????</p>