He was fortunate to end up with a loving Quaker family, but loses his true family.įlash forward to Leticia Cordero, who was in the hospital when the El Mozote massacre occurred in El Salvador, wiping out all her family, save her father. His mother secures Samuel a spot on the Kindertransport to England and then, she, too, disappears. His father is attacked by a mob and lands in a concentration camp. The story begins with Samuel Adler, a six year old violin prodigy when Kristallnacht occurs in Vienna. It shows that no matter where or when, it’s children that pay the price. For updates on upcoming book releases, author posts and more, join Amy at heart wrenching book tackles the horrors of forced immigration on children. Her newest release, What the Wind Knows, is an Amazon charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Her fantasy novel, The Bird and the Sword, was a Goodreads Book of the Year finalist.

Her books are now being published in two dozen languages, truly a dream come true for a little country girl.Īmy Harmon has written eighteen novels including the USA Today Bestsellers, Making Faces and Running Barefoot, as well as The Law of Moses, Infinity + One and the New York Times Bestseller, A Different Blue. Having grown up in the middle of wheat fields without a television, with only her books and her siblings to entertain her, she developed a strong sense of what made a good story.

Amy knew at an early age that writing was something she wanted to do, and she divided her time between writing songs and stories as she grew. But in the end, is the choice actually hers to make?Īmy Harmon is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times Bestselling author.

Caught between history and her heart, she must decide whether she’s willing to let go of the life she knew for a love she never thought she’d find. Mistaken for the boy’s long-missing mother, Anne adopts her identity, convinced the woman’s disappearance is connected to her own.Īs tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Ireland’s independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him. Thomas Smith, guardian to a young boy who is oddly familiar. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything…Īnne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland.

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