This was a set of stories told by the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Three Sisters.
Some of it is about Heather Morris herself. Her experiences throughout her lifetimes and what she learned from other people. A huge part of it is about the relationship she formed with Lale, the Tattooist and a little about Livi and Magda, two of the three sisters in her third novel.
I found her memories of the survivors to be interesting. I loved learning how her relationship with Lale developed and how they became such great friends. What kind of person he was after enduring such horrors.
The first chapter was a bit hard to get through. It was a lot about Heather Morris's own childhood, which was interesting and necessary to the whole work but it was long. Perhaps I just wasn't in the mood at the time or the first chapter wasn't quite what I was expecting.
Scattered throughout the book are other stories to do with Heather Morris and her family and things that she learned from various experiences. Mostly they are all about learning to listen to people and let them tell their story.
It wasn't an exciting novel, it was only one that really means anything if you've read Heather Morris's other books and are interested in learning more about how those books happened. There are inspiring stories and there is humour in the stories as well as sadness.
Note that this book was between publication of Cilka's Journey and The Three Sisters.
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