My book is in the top 1% for sales in the Amazon Kindle Store and is #31 in top 100 for the literary-fiction-historical category. I’m deeply grateful for everyone who has purchased, read, and taken the time to review my book. In the name of tolerance, a special thank you also to everyone who has spread the word to help promote this book. All profits from my books go to help get dogs like Bobby, Blanca, & Alexis (below) out of kill shelters. Thus far in 2016, 71 dogs have been freed. Last year 148 dogs were freed.
AND please for everyone who’s purchased a book could I humbly ask you to write a review when you’ve completed the read. I have just found out that Amazon promotes and ranks books according to number of reviews in addition to sales. Every voice helps spread the word and that is an energy that can help a dog.
RECENT REVIEWS FOR THE SEVEN YEAR DRESS
Paulette Mahurin’s The Seven-Year Dress is a powerful story that engages readers from the first page, weaving a tale they’ll remember long after they finish reading. The story begins with Myra, a nursing student looking for an apartment and nothing more. Her new landlady, Helen, is an obsessively neat, elderly Jewish woman. When Myra sees the number tattooed on Helen’s arm, she knows there’s more to the woman than she first imagined. As the two come to know and trust each other, Helen eventually shares her story – a story of death and survival, of hate and ultimately love.
Paulette Mahurin skillfully intertwines fact into fiction as she tells the story of one Jewish family living in Berlin as the Nazi Party and Adolph Hitler come to power. The insidious way people turned against each other; the brutality as Jews were isolated and persecuted; the horror of life in the concentration camps – all come into sharp focus through Mahurin’s writing, which is rich with historical detail. Since Helen is a child when the story begins but is telling her story from the vantage point of decades later, she is able to include what she learned after the war about Hitler’s rise to power, assassination attempts, and action or inaction by other world powers. This makes The Seven-Year Dress not only the story of one family but also a novel rich in historical context.
As Helen talks, we come to know her parents and siblings as well as her friends. It is through one of Helen’s very good friends from childhood, Max, that we most clearly understand the complexity of life in Nazi Germany. Max is a non-Jew. He is also gay. To protect himself, he joins the Nazi party, yet he uses his position to help Helen and her family as much as he can. Until he can’t protect them – or himself – any longer.
As Helen tells her story of pain and loss so many years later, she finds love. As Myra hears the story, she gains understanding and compassion. In The Seven-Year Dress, Mahurin tells a powerful story, an important story of human resilience, of love, and of the power of healing through storytelling. This is a book well worth reading.

Bobby the sweet elder had all but given up when he was rescued

Bobby’s freedom photo. What a difference love makes.

Blanca’s freedom photo

Alexis’ freedom photo

Alexis in new home with new sibling
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Paulette’s book is ranked 31 in the top 100 in the kindle bookstore category literary fiction historical
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Wow on the ranking 31, great reviews, and all the dogs saved. ❤
❤ I tried to get the dogs to show on the blog page and tried everything but still they're off center. I saw that they are showing on the e-mails.
They are showing on the e-mails. They’re probably off center because of the site they were downloaded from and can’t be cropped to fit differently.
First, congratulations. I haven’t read your book yet but I will be reading it and when I do, I will post a review.
All the best.
Shalom aleichem,
Patricia
Shalom aleichem to you my friend, Shalom aleichem. What a beautiful way to start the day, wishing peace. Thank you so much for your kind words and stopping by to join the celebration. You are always welcome in my cyber home. ❤
Look at that face!!!!! 🙂
That’s what got him freed. It was too much to see that poor baby locked up. And then look at the happy elder once feeling the love. Food for the heart. ❤
Indeed it is Paulette ❤
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Pawsome! You deserve it! Pawkisses for a wonderful day 🙂 ❤
Multitudes of pawkisses and wishes for a wonderful day right back to you my sweet friend. ❤
I could see all the pics on my ‘phone, but not on my laptop…but just look at little Bobby!
I can see them all in my e-mail but not on the post. I have tried to do everything with the wordpress tools but can’t cut them down or space them to show. It’s the way they were put on line. Thankfully sweet Bobby’s face is showing: before and after. So glad you stopped by to see him and caught a glimpse of the other two. ❤
Oh, Bobby – so glad you found a home in particular. That oldster face just slays me!
Boy does he agree with you as do I. That after photo is pretty dramatic in comparison to him in that cage. One dog at a time and boy does it do a million hearts the world of good. Have a great walk/day today ya’ll. ❤
It does my heart good just to see it!
Me too, Choppy & Sarah, me too. ❤
31 on the ranking that’s wonderful
It’s pretty exciting and I’m so happy about it, Lou. And all the dogs that will be helped. Thank you so much for your generous heart and support, Lou. ❤
We has nominated ya’ fur da Brotherhood of da world award here: https://dezizworld.com/2016/08/05/brotherhood-of-the-world/ It doesn’t matter ifin ya’ don’t do awards, we just wanted to let you and everypawdy else know dat we think ya’ll are pawsum.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Wow, how catciding. Thank you so much!! And coming from ya’ll it means a lot cuz we luv ya!! ❤ ❤ ❤
Aaaaaaw Fank you.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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