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Cilka's Journey: A Novel


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Book
156
Narrator
45
Release Date
October 1, 2019
Duration
11 hours 4 minutes
Summary
'Louise Brealey is an excellent reader who gives Cilka a thoughtful, sympathetic voice.' -- Jersey's Best

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience.

Her beauty saved her — and condemned her.

Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival.

When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to a Siberian prison camp. But did she really have a choice? And where do the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was send to Auschwitz when she was still a child?

In Siberia, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she meets a kind female doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions.

Confronting death and terror daily, Cilka discovers a strength she never knew she had. And when she begins to tentatively form bonds and relationships in this harsh, new reality, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.

From child to woman, from woman to healer, Cilka's journey illuminates the resilience of the human spirit—and the will we have to survive.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Matt A. Feb 2020

Love this book, inspiring story!

Profile Avatar Marlene P. Jan 2020

I read (listened to) the author's previous book "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" and loved that. This book is just as good as the first. The author and narrator did an excellent job of bringing her story to life!

Profile Avatar Katie W. Jan 2020

Loved this book and the narrator. It was my first book and audiobooks has changed my commute love listening to it while I’m on the go!

Profile Avatar Elidbeck@ yahoo.com Sep 2024

Excellent. Very well read. Gives excellent insight into the history and terrible suffering under two dictatorships. The strength of the human spirit forever amazes me.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Apr 2024

such ugly historical truth with unbelievable resilience somehow uplifts

Profile Avatar Froggy Momma Aug 2023

Phenomenal! The storyline leaves you wanting more from others.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jun 2023

Loved this series. Heather Morris does a great job researching and writing these books.

Profile Avatar Cristi D. Feb 2023

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

Profile Avatar Judy P. Mar 2022

Oh my goodness what a great book. I love WW2 historical fiction and this book just reemphasized it ever more. I read the tattooist of Auschwitz in another club so completed the series.

Profile Avatar Jamie Jan 2022

It was great to hear Cilka’s story after reading the Tattooist of Auschwitz. What she endured in her life was remarkable. Well written and well read.

Profile Avatar Lollie Reads Oct 2021

Tragic story of a girl who did what it took to survive only to be jailed for her actions when Auschwitz was liberated by the Russians. This book is a stirring reminder of the atrocities committed against the Jews and political prisoners of the Germans. We must never forget and never allow it to happen again!

Profile Avatar Sharon H. Sep 2021

Excellent book and narration

Profile Avatar Peri P. Jul 2021

I loved this book! I was hungry for more after reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz and this book delivered. It was absolutely heartbreaking and inspiring.

Profile Avatar Emma J. Oct 2020

Phenomenal!!! I actually fell more in love with this than the prequel Tattooist of Auchwitz. Heart-breaking, engrossing, heroing tale of resilience in the darkest of times and circumstances.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Oct 2020

Great story great reader

Profile Avatar Tana D. Sep 2020

Highly recommend. The story was compelling and the narrator mDebit even more believable.

Profile Avatar Melanie A. Feb 2020

So far it has kept my attention. Excellent read!

Profile Avatar Roger C. Jan 2020

I adored this book. What a heroic story.

Cilka's Journey: A Novel

Cilka's Journey: A Novel

Author: Heather Morris
Read by: Louise Brealey
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