Cilka's Journey
The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz now a major SKY TV series
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4.6 • 393 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.
'She was the bravest person I ever met'
Lale Sokolov, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival.
After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta, inside the Arctic Circle.
Innocent, imprisoned once again, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle for survival. Cilka befriends a woman doctor, and learns to nurse the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under unimaginable conditions. And when she tends to a man called Alexandr, Cilka finds that despite everything, there is room in her heart for love.
Cilka's Journey is a powerful testament to the triumph of the human will. It will move you to tears, but it will also leave you astonished and uplifted by one woman's fierce determination to survive, against all odds.
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'Her truly incredible story is one to be read by everyone.' Sun
'Cilka's extraordinary courage in the face of evil and her determination to survive against the odds will stay with you long after you've finished reading this heartrending book.' Sunday Express
'Her courage and determination to survive makes for a heartrending read.' Daily Mirror
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the stirring follow-up to The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Morris tells the story of a woman who survives Auschwitz, only to find herself locked away again. Cilka Klein is 18 years old when Auschwitz-Birkenau is liberated by Soviet soldiers. But Cilka is one of the many women who is sentenced to a labor camp on charges of having helped the Nazis with no consideration of the circumstances Cilka and women like her found themselves in as they struggled to survive. Once at the Vorkuta gulag in Sibera, where she is to serve her 15-year sentence, Cilka uses her wits, charm, and beauty to secure an opportunity tending to the sick and malnourished within the camp. Morris weaves a fast-paced story that captures the immediacy of Cilka's duties caring for prisoners while appeasing guards at every step, but the brisk speed often papers over a lack of emotional depth and character development. Cilka and those around her respond with a positivity that feels unnatural. Even so, Morris's propulsive tale shows the goodness that can be found even inside the gulag.
Customer Reviews
Terrific read
Fabulous book, gripping and unforgettable. A great storyteller.
Wonderful
It’s a hard balance to find, the line between heinous true crimes and storytelling. This does that so well.
Fantastic read another great book by Heather Morris
Great book, like tattooist I didn’t want to put it down. She retells the story in such an emotive way that really makes you relate to what the characters are going through.