I bought this book because tomorrow I am delivering
a lecture on fiction written for children about the Holocaust. Its author, AnneBooth, and I have corresponded quite a bit about this theme on Twitter and via
email as we have both been writing about that era. I was fortunate enough to
enjoy a sabbatical awarded by the University of Salford three years ago and
spent quite some time researching the background to my own novel, The House on Schellberg Street that also
comes out shortly. Last week I spoke about that and the novel I’m working on
now, Clara’s Story, a sort of prequel-sequel.