My book is continuing in the top 1% for sales in the Amazon Kindle Store and is #21 in top 100 for the literary-fiction-historical category. And it is now in the top 100 for the Literary fiction and Teen category. I’ve also been ranked by Amazon as the #58 top ranking author for two of my books, The Seven Year Dress and To Live Out loud, in the historical fiction category. And I made it to the top 100 (#87) in the literary fiction 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 Dori, Brando, Savannah, Zsa Zsa, and Kramer (see below) out of kill shelters. Thus far in 2016, 90 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.
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I come from an Eastern European Jewish family. Holocaust books and movies have always been a big part of my personal and family education. I’m very familiar with the usual trajectory of most of these tales. Happy home, rise of Nazism, the wildfire of hatred and genocide, and surviving the unthinkable.But Ms Mahurin takes a different course. She looks at all of this from the angle of a young woman who experiences sexual enslavement and brutalization. This book not for the faint hearted. It’s for those who want to know the truth about how war, any war, affects our mothers, sisters, and daughters.
Helen was just a young girl when she was abruptly taken from her family by a close friend, Max, and taken with her brother Ben to a secluded vacation house belonging to Max’s family. Here she and Ben stayed hidden for four years when Max came to bring supplies and a dress he had gotten for Helen. He was concerned that he had been followed so left quickly. Later that evening, the SS broke in and took Helen and Ben to a train leaving for Auschwitz. As they were dropped off at the train, the man in charge made a point of telling Helen that Max had been killed.
Helen’s ability to sew came to her rescue in the camp. She was first given a job sorting clothes where she came upon her dress and managed to take it to her bunk and hide it in her mattress. Later she was given a job repairing uniforms for the SS and unfortunately servicing the SS man in charge of the sewing room.
Helen’s ability to remember her father’s words about living made it possible for her to survive. The things she experiences and sees are horrendous and difficult to read. However, these things did happen and nothing we can do will erase them. If we don’t learn from what happened, it happened in vain.
This book is difficult to read simply because of the time period. However, it manages to keep you wanting to read to find out what happens to Helen. The book does an excellent job of portraying what happened to people in hiding and to people in the camps.

Dori’s been rescued

Dori’s freedom photo

Brando’s been rescued
Brando’s freedom photo
Brando giving thanks
Savannah’s been freed
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Savannah’s freedom photo and vet check
Zsa Zsa’s been rescued
Zsa Zsa’s freedom photo
Kramer’s been rescued
Kramer’s freedom photo
90 Dogs saved! And great reviews and statistics for your book. Great!
Happy dogs, happy me! ❤
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90 dogs saved with profits from Paulette’s book.
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Fantastic, Paulette 🙂 So happy for the doggies..and for you of course 😉 Extra Pawkisses for the weekend 🙂 ❤
Ahh, thanks so much. We’re all doing a happy dance over here, tails wagging for sure. Your pawkisses are the best weekend send off. Thank you so much and many right back at ya. ❤
Such relieved faces….
Are you back from your jaunt to England? Good so see you safe and sound. Yes, those faces say it all. You can feel it when you look in those eyes, instant transformation from the before photos. Hugs to you and your hubby ❤
No…just about to leave….and facing a mountain of admin before doing so!
Well then, wishing you safe travels and hope it’s not too exhausting-for you! Not easy to travel nowadays and then party hardy (if you’ll excuse the expression). See you when you return.
I’m so happy fot you and de dogs to
Thank you so much, Lou. ❤
OMC Brando and Kramer looks sooooooo happy. We’re so glad your book is doin’ well and dat da doggies are benefitin’ so much. ConCats.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Hi there Dezi and Raena, Brando and Kramer do look happy and are so lucky along with the rest of the pawsome gang. Nice way to start a weekend with wagging happy fur balls. And all the better with ya’ll, my bestie puuuuuurrrrrrfect kittie pals stopping by. ❤
We couldn’t think of a better way to start a weekend. Happy tails (tales) fur happy trails. 🙂
Luv ya’ll bunches
Dezi and Raena
Purrrrrrfectly mewed my sweet friends. ❤
Oh Brando!!!
Isn’t he a cutey. He’s sooooo happy now. ❤
I’m so glad your book is doing so well and so many worthy dogs have reaped the benefits. You really are an inspiration to the rest of us.
What a sweet thing to say, Marilyn. There’s a really great group of dog rescue people involved in this effort and a lot of good people just doing what they can in life to help as they can. I feel fortunate to be able to help in the small way I do and lucky that my book’s doing so well. ❤
Congratulations on such success with the book.
Best wishes to all the dogs in their new homes.
Thank you so much, Clowie. Always love sharing the doggie good news with you. Enjoy your new home and upcoming vacation with the long walks. ❤