First Line Friday – Within These Walls of Sorrow

Posted February 17, 2023 by thebeccafiles in First Line Friday / 2 Comments

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Happy Friday!

The book I’m featuring this week is Within These Walls of Sorrow by Amanda Barratt

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I recently shared my full review (Click HERE to view) on this one but it was such an incredible read I wanted to highlight it for First Line Friday as well. Full warning: It’s a difficult read, that will break your heart more than once, but it’s superbly researched and respectful to the true history, even if hard to swallow. But in order to learn from history we have to see it as it truly was.

First Line Friday – Within These Walls of SorrowWithin These Walls of Sorrow by Amanda Barratt
Published by Kregel Publications on January 17, 2023
Genres: Fiction / Christian / Historical, Fiction / Historical / World War II
Pages: 304
Rating: five-stars

"As superbly written as it is haunting in its truth." --Kate Breslin, best-selling author of For Such a Time

Zosia Lewandowska knows the brutal realities of war all too well. Within weeks of Germany's invasion of her Polish homeland, she lost the man she loves. As ghetto walls rise and the occupiers tighten their grip on the city of Krakow, Zosia joins pharmacist Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff in the heart of the Krakow ghetto as they risk their lives to aid the Jewish people trapped by Nazi oppression.

Hania Silverman's carefree girlhood is shattered as her family is forced into the ghetto. Struggling to survive in a world hemmed in by walls and rife with cruelty and despair, she encounters Zosia, her former neighbor, at the pharmacy. As deportation winnow the ghetto's population and snatch those she holds dear, Hania's natural resiliency is exhausted by reality.

Zodia and Hania's lives intertwine as they face the griefs and fears thrust upon them by war, until one day, they are forced to make a desperate choice . . . one that will inexorably bind them together, even as they are torn apart.

Amanda Barratt's meticulous research and lush, award-winning writing shine once again in this moving look at a group of unsung heroes who fought for hope and humanity in the most harrowing of times.

"An unflinching tale that implores readers to stop and see, not a massive crowd of people, but individual hearts and souls. This book will linger in your heart and mind long after you've read the final page." --Amanda Cox, Christy Award-winning author of The Edge of Belonging

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2 responses to “First Line Friday – Within These Walls of Sorrow

  1. Kay Garrett

    Dawson City, Yukon
    June 1902
    Adeline Byrant, or rather Moerman, since she’d been forced to marry Sam Moerman last year, tried her best to sleep.
    REMEMBER ME by Tracie Peterson
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

  2. Happy Friday!
    I’m currently reading Memory Lane by Becky Wade.
    “After dark that night, Leigh returned from her long journey to bring him his medicine. Thank God, Jonah thought, when he heard her enter Remy’s small house. She’d arrived with the good stuff.”
    I hope you have a great weekend!

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