The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna Bannister

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A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span><br /><br /><font color="#cc0000"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></font><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.secretholocaustdiaries.com/">Nonna Bannister</a></span></strong><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">and the book:</span> </span></strong><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1414325479">The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister</a></span></strong><br /></p><p align="center">Tyndale House Publishers (March 4, 2010) <br /></p>***Special thanks to Vicky Lynch of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. for sending me a review copy.***<br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span> </span></strong></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAGSFdB8FpNme3k6StEEQjaH1iR7jl7Hz2ucIuIxV-GcCry3mncTf85JjHCf3PBbsGeTrbjswKLsPkjt2W6moIm9M9rqDJKG3zf0GBLZzaqSBLyfveRJZB4vYntUp4SM0oVKbnu8NQNk/s1600/Nonna+Bannister.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 115px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAGSFdB8FpNme3k6StEEQjaH1iR7jl7Hz2ucIuIxV-GcCry3mncTf85JjHCf3PBbsGeTrbjswKLsPkjt2W6moIm9M9rqDJKG3zf0GBLZzaqSBLyfveRJZB4vYntUp4SM0oVKbnu8NQNk/s200/Nonna+Bannister.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458390946396803538" /></a>Nonna Bannister was a young girl when World War II broke into her happy life. She went from an idyllic early-twentieth-century Russian childhood, full of love and comforts, to the life of a prisoner working in labor camps—though she was not a Jew—eventually bereft of her entire family. But she survived the war armed with the faith in God her grandmother taught her and a readiness to start a new life. She immigrated to America, married, and started a family, keeping her past secret from everyone. Though she had carried from Germany the scraps of a diary and various photographs and other memorabilia, she kept it all hidden and would only take it out, years later, to translate and expand her writings. After decades of marriage, Nonna finally shared her secret with her husband . . . and now he is sharing it with the world. Nonna died on August 15, 2004.<br /><br />Visit the author's <a href="http://www.secretholocaustdiaries.com/">website</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hDDGG1lRcl8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hDDGG1lRcl8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Product Details:<br /><br />List Price: $14.99<br />Paperback: 336 pages <br />Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (March 4, 2010) <br />Language: English <br />ISBN-10: 1414325479 <br />ISBN-13: 978-1414325477 <br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:</span> </strong><br /></span><br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border:0px" src="http://books.google.com/books?id=SKJX27yU8i8C&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1&output=embed" width=400 height=600></iframe>

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Nonna Bannister

and the book:

The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister

Tyndale House Publishers (March 4, 2010)

***Special thanks to Vicky Lynch of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Nonna Bannister was a young girl when World War II broke into her happy life. She went from an idyllic early-twentieth-century Russian childhood, full of love and comforts, to the life of a prisoner working in labor camps—though she was not a Jew—eventually bereft of her entire family. But she survived the war armed with the faith in God her grandmother taught her and a readiness to start a new life. She immigrated to America, married, and started a family, keeping her past secret from everyone. Though she had carried from Germany the scraps of a diary and various photographs and other memorabilia, she kept it all hidden and would only take it out, years later, to translate and expand her writings. After decades of marriage, Nonna finally shared her secret with her husband . . . and now he is sharing it with the world. Nonna died on August 15, 2004.

Visit the author's website.



Product Details:

List Price: $14.99
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (March 4, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1414325479
ISBN-13: 978-1414325477

AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER: