My Mother’s War

Publisher: Alfabet  De Fontein 

The Incredible True Story of How a Resistance Fighter Survived Three Concentration Camps

Sold over 60.000 copies in three weeks’ time in the US

When the Second World War broke out, the young, vibrant and beautiful Sabine Zuur joined the resistance movement without any hesitation. But Sabine was betrayed and subjected to multiple violent interrogations. Many of her friends were executed; she was eventually sent to Mauthausen concentration camp, via Amersfoort and Ravensbrück, enduring gruesome conditions and forced labor.

After Sabine Zuur’s death, her daughter Eva discovers an astonishing archive containing love letters from pilot Taro, who crashed in his Spitfire, and from Sabine’s second love Gerard, who was executed by the Nazis. She finds prison notes Sabine smuggled out in her laundry. She also comes across a pile of passionate, but creepy love letters from a man called Gebele, a German professional criminal who would save her mother’s life in Mauthausen.

Praise:

‘A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.’ – Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

‘Truly captivating…. A compelling read that will appeal to anyone who has an in interest in true WWII stories.’ – Doug Gold, internationally best-selling author of The Note Through the Wire

‘Sabine and I were Dutch prisoners at the same time in the hell of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. Her daughter describes it so well in this book, and we have both lived
with the physical and mental scars of these terrible times.’ – Selma van de Perre, internationally bestselling author of My Name Is Selma

Rights sold to: Harper North (WEL)