About The Book
Title: Immigrant Soldier, The Story of a Ritchie Boy
Author: K. Lang-Slattery
Genre: Historical Fiction
Herman watches in horror as his cousin and a friend are arrested by
the SA. As a Jew, he realizes it is past time to flee his homeland, a
decision that catapults him from one adventure to another, his life
changed forever by the storm of world events. Part coming-of-age story,
part immigrant tale, part World War II adventure, Immigrant Soldier, The Story of a Ritchie Boy follows
Herman as he evolves from a frightened and frustrated teenager looking
for a place to belong into a confident and caring US Army Intelligence
officer serving in the Third Army. The reader is swept along as the
hero experiences fear, romance, loyalty, disappointment, friendship, and
compassion in his quest for an understanding of hate and forgiveness.
Author Bio
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Kathryn
Lang Slattery is a published author of fiction and non-fiction for
youth and has become an expert on many aspects of the Ritchie Boys of
WWII.
Born during World War II and raised in 1950s Southern California, she
enjoyed a childhood filled with reading, drawing, and long days at the
beach. College took her to Los Angeles where she studied art and English
at UCLA, earning a BFA. She then travelled to Mexico City where she
did graduate work in art and education at the University of the
Americas. The years afterward passed, filled with teaching art, English,
and cooking, and traveling around the world, including a 2 year car
trip through Central America, Europe, the Middle East and the Indian
sub-continent. Later she returned to her hometown, where she raised a
daughter and a son and devoted over 20 years to Girl Scouts as a
volunteer. Finally she returned to her early love of writing,
concentrating first on creating stories and articles for young people.
She has been published in several highly rated magazines for the youth
market, including Spider, Ladybug, Jack and Jill, Boys’ Life, and Faces.
Immigrant Soldier, The Story of a Ritchie Boy, her
first adult novel, is based on her uncle’s World War II experiences.
More than a decade spent researching, interviewing Ritchie Boys, and
turning a true story into fiction became an odyssey of discovery. “I
wanted to tell his story,” she says, “because it was different from any
other Holocaust story I had read. The young Jewish hero is not a victim,
but a young man who gradually grows from a frightened and frustrated
teenager, looking for a place to belong, into a confident US Army
Intelligence officer who struggles with the conflicting emotions of hate
and forgiveness.”
Kathryn lives in Laguna Beach, California, only steps from her
childhood home, where she is surrounded by trees, birds, and her
vegetable garden. Besides writing, her main interests are travel to
foreign places, creative gourmet cooking, pastel painting, and time with
family and friends. She finds tranquillity simply by looking out her
large living-room windows to her view of one tall sycamore, her lush
garden, and the natural hillsides beyond.
Links
Website: http://www.klangslattery.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktealang
Giveaway
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