We Shall Not Shatter, Elaine Stock
We Shall Not Shatter, Elaine Stock
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We Shall Not Shatter
A WWII Story of Friendship, Family, and Hope Against All Odds

Author: Elaine Stock

Narrator: Dina Pearlman

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/21/2022


Synopsis

Brzeziny, Poland, 1939. Zofia's comfortable lifestyle overturns when her husband, Jabez, who monitors Nazi activity, has gone missing. Rather than fleeing the country with her young son, as she had promised Jabez who is fearing retaliation, she decides to stay. She cannot possibly leave her friend, Aanya. Since their childhood they have amazed fellow Brzeziners that it does not matter that Aanya is Jewish and deaf, and that Zofia is Catholic and hearing. Now, more than ever with war looming, Zofia will do whatever is necessary to protect her family and Aanya.

As both love and war approach their Polish town, Zofia and Aanya must make choices that will change the meaning of family, home, and their precious friendship. The journey, decisions, and the no-going-back consequences the women face will either help them to survive—or not—as Hitler's Third Reich revs up its control of the world.

Inspired by the author's paternal heritage from Brzeziny, this is a heartbreaking yet beautiful story of two women who are determined to remain united in friendship and to live freely despite the odds.

About Elaine Stock

Elaine Stock writes historical fiction, exploring home, family, and friendships throughout time. She enjoys creating stories showing how all faiths, races, and belief systems are interconnected and need each other. Elaine's grandparents, on both sides of her family, narrowly escaped World War II by immigrating from Poland and Austria to the US. Fascinated by the strong will of people to overcome the horrors from this era, she wrote We Shall Not Shatter, book one of the resilient women of WWII Series, inspired by her deaf great-aunt who was left behind as a teenager in Brzeziny, Poland, and perished in the Holocaust, while her other deaf siblings were permitted to enter the US when their young ages helped them to circumvent medically revealing exams. Other extended family members also remained in Poland to lose their lives in the Holocaust. Although multi-published in award-winning inspirational fiction, and a past blogger and online magazine contributor, Elaine now pens novels for the general reading audience. She is a member of Women's Fiction Writers Association and The Historical Novel Society. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she has now been living in upstate, rural New York with her husband for more years than her stint as a city gal. She enjoys long walks down country roads, visiting New England towns, and of course, a good book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shirley

Realistic story that is both heart wrenching and heart warming. This is Fiction and is about the WWII years and the aftermath of the Holocaust in Poland. The Author has well researched the history and events that actually happened in and around Brzeziny Poland during the time that the Nazi forces be......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

A beautiful and a bond of friendship; best friends communicates in sign language This is the last book of June I’ve read. I am so excited to read about a deaf person in the book. First book I’ve ever read about deaf people during the Holocaust, because I’m deaf, myself too. The book title is called......more

It’s truly well written story that is based on horrors of oppression Polish Jews. Is it is an incredibly well written board especially when it comes to characterization. I really could relate to the characters in the story and as I read it I felt a unique connection withThese characters, especially,......more

We Shall Not Shatter is the perfect title for this poignant story of friendship, love, and faith set against the backdrop of World War II in Poland. The story and its characters will linger in the reader’s heart for days... perhaps forever. This is a story that needs to be at the forefront of histor......more