Two Lights of Hope

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Life in Communist Romania in 1988 becomes increasingly dangerous for sixteen-year-old Adriana Nicu as she and her friend Gabi seek answers to a forty-year-old mystery. Their mission: find an old wardrobe intended to be a Jewish family's way of escape from the Nazis and maybe-just maybe-find out what happened to the family after they disappeared. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>In her quest for the truth Adriana must learn who to trust as she navigates her ever-changing world-where ordinary </span>citizens become spies and informants either for the all-powerful Securitate or for the growing Resistance<span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. Confronted with evil she can hardly imagine Adriana loses hope-until an old Jewish man and her banned books offer her a path through the dark. </span></p><p></p><p><em>Even the smallest glimmer of hope can break through the darkest night.</em></p><p></p><p>*2024 FIRST PLACE WINNER of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) for SERIES: A Cold War Trilogy!</p>