The Garden Keeper of Auschwitz: A WW2 Historical Novel Based on a True Story of a Holocaust Survivor (Women Against All Odds in World War II) by Naama Levy Eylam

In a place of total devastation, Livia could never believe that something as delicate as flowers would save her life. 1942. Livia just celebrated her 24th birthday when she was forcibly taken from her peaceful village in Slovakia to an unknown Nazi labor camp. Always the optimist, she believes she’ll be back home in three months, but reality quickly crashes down on her when she reads the German writing on the gates of Auschwitz. There is no going back. Losing her friends, family, and humanity, Livia is about to abandon all hope of surviving. But after a horrifying year of unimaginable torment, Livia is given a lifeline when she is sent to work in the camp’s farms to tend to their rare tropical flower gardens. With the threat of violence and death looming over her, the delicate flowers are Livia’s only hope of survival – a reminder that there is still life to be lived outside the camp walls. Determined to do anything she can to return home, she must face the question: Is there anyone out there waiting for her? Read more