January has been a good month for 53 dogs rescued from kill shelters

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has purchased, read, and taken the time to review one of my books. All profits from my books go to help get dogs like Kash,  Bandit, Andretti, River, Snowflake, Rufus, Marvin, Cheyenne, Lilly & her 4 puppies, Misty, Rio, bonded sisters Dolly & Beijing, PinMin, Princess, another Princess, Gulliver, Minnie, Faith, Brownie, Diva, Maxine, Peachez, Norman, Caspian, Sofia, Kobe, Baldwin, Wiler, bonded buddies Sioux & Angel, Noland, Rufus, Theo, Sarah, Dempsey, Milky, Jacques, Kate, Biscuit, Francis, Atticus, Ruby, Luna, Matilda, Winnie, Claudia, Sabrina, Gucci, (see photos below) out of kill shelters. So far in 2019 53 dogs have been rescued. In 2018 670 dogs have been rescued. In 2017 we’ve helped free 904 dogs. In 2016, 250 dogs were freed. In 2015, 149 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.  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.

LINK TO PURCHASE ALL MY BOOKS and to see all reviews for all my books click on the books cover:

AMAZON U.S.

http://www.amazon.com/Paulette-Mahurin/e/B008MMDUGO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1467744666&sr=8-1 

AMAZON U.K.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdt_bl_sr?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Paulette+Mahurin

And on all other Amazon sites around the world.

AMAZON RANKING

My books have been ranked in the top 100 best sellers on Amazon U.S. in their categories (historical fiction, teen and young adult, and literary fiction).  What an honor to be ranked #87  LITERARY FICTION BEST SELLER next to Paulo Coelho; incredible author of The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage.

Amazon Australia ranked my book NUMBER ONE in all it’s categories: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction & Teen and Young Adult and is #3 best seller in the entire kindle bookstore.

And in Amazon U.K. it just made it to#1 Best Seller List in Teen & Young Adult Category and #3 in Historical Fiction Category and #24 best seller in the kindle books store.

NEW RELEASE AMAZON RANKING #3 FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF ANGEL

RECENT REVIEWS FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF ANGEL

AMAZON U.S.

Sherrie Hansen

5.0 out of 5 stars*****Heartbreaking Historical Novel – Highly Recommended

January 8, 2019

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In A Different Kind of Angel, the horrific crimes committed against Russian Jews during the Kiev pogrom become very personal as seen through the eyes of Klara, a young woman whose happy family life was shattered one day in 1881. When she escapes to the USA, all seems well until the American dream fails her in an epic way and she is unfairly committed to the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island. Her life becomes a new kind of nightmare, full of atrocities that were thankfully punctuated with connections and kindnesses from friend Catherine and the occasional nurse or fellow patient, as well as her own resilient spirit. This book is a testament to survival and dreams that somehow find a way to come true even in the face of untold suffering. Inspiring, eye-opening, well-written – a definite must-read you won’t be able to put down.

5.0 out of 5 stars***** America. . .the land of the free. . .but not for me…

BySybrina Duranton January 2, 2019

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That’s what Klara Gelfman, a recent immigrant from Kiev, Russia quickly learned just weeks after arriving in New York City in 1882. She had barely survived the brutal massacre of her entire family in 1881 after the assassination of Czar Alexander II. After that horrific pogrom, she escaped to America. . .the land of the free. . .which promised safety from the tyrannical oppression of the Southern-Russian Worker’s Union. Before she even got the chance to start her new life, she found herself cast into the living hell of the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island with no hope of ever escaping that nightmare. Her crime – the inability to communicate in the English language. After years in that inhumane place, Klara felt that “Life had become a chain with links made of misery”.

I shed a lot of tears throughout Klara’s story. Author, Paulette Mahurin, wove this tale as if she had experienced each physical and mental torture herself. Reading about the madness perpetrated by the lunatic nurses and guards upon all of the helpless inmates in that hospital for the insane had me helplessly raging against the unfairness of it all. Even those inmates who were sane when they arrived (and there were far too many) had little hope of retaining any normal state of mind after so much exposure to such unthinkable conditions as were forced upon them there. As Klara put it: “Too little nourishment. Cold rooms and cold, filthy bathwater. Lumpy, stained, withered mattresses and paper-thin, dirty blankets, hours of sitting on hard benches in silence. Physical and emotional wounds inflicted at the whim of the nurses and guards.” Klara and all the other unfortunate souls trapped in that wicked place endured that and much, much worse.

This book is a stark reminder that since time immemorial – places and inhabitants of this world have always been fraught with misery and cruelty. But it also shines a light on the idea that even in the vilest conditions, friendships can blossom and the human spirit can find a way to survive. As Klara saw it: “. . .those women met some of my most basic longings: to belong, to feel safe, to trust, and to be understood. It seemed so contradictory that I had moments of feeling safe when surrounded by so much brutality. But I did. These simple connections ignited the resilience my soul had all but lost. And I was better for it.”

Mahurin’s story reminds us that the goodness of just one person can bring a spark of light into a hopeless life and that one must never lose hope for some kind of happy ending. I highly recommend that you read A Different Kind Of Angel.

AMAZON U.K.

Amazon Customer

5.0 out of 5 stars*****Fascinating tale based on true events

31 January 2019

Format: Kindle Edition

A Different Kind of Angel is a dark story very well written. Oddly written out of chronological sequence, which makes the story more suspenseful as a result. Not only a suspenseful story, the characters are real and believable, and I hoped against hope that there would come the end to their ordeal. The eclectic cast of characters, the key characters around which the story is focussed, and those who are probably insane but still have humanity, are what makes A Different Kind of Angel notably powerful.

GOODREADS

A Different Kind of Angel: A Novel
by

Paulette Mahurin (Goodreads Author)

OMalleycat‘s review

Jan 12, 2019

really liked it ****

 

Gripping novel exposing the patients received in late 19th century hospitals for the mentally ill, not to mention those hospitalized who were NOT mentally ill but victims of abusive policing and unable to speak English, as the protagonist is. She meets other patients who are merely inconvenient for powerful men and warehoused to keep them away from public notice. In 1887 Nellie Bly went undercover as a reporter in the hospital that’s the setting. She’s a character in the book, but mostly it’s about Klara who survived a pogrom in Russia only to be hospitalized and held in wretched conditions as an immigrant in the U.S.

 

RECENT REVIEWS FOR THE SEVEN YEAR DRESS

AMAZON U.S.

kelly cepil

5.0 out of 5 stars*****Very good book. Recommend highly.

January 25, 2019

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Very good book. Recommend highly. Really didn’t need the introduction with the student in the house, or the ending with her. But other than that worth reading.

Marina Osipova

5.0 out of 5 stars*****Dramatic and sorrowful, it’s a novel of life, survival, and resilience

January 12, 2019

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The author, Paulette Mahurin, takes the reader on a tragic but life-celebrating ride. Emotionally charged, it presents a gut-wrenching fate of two generations of German Jews – Helen’s once happy family. With Hitler coming to power, her life inevitably changes to the horror of losing her loved ones, then hiding from being sent to a concentration camp and then, not able to escape the inevitable, to the atrocities of Auschwitz where she is brutally forced to make dehumanizing choices.
The sequence of events that shaped Germany into the despotic state and corrupted its population is expertly and unobtrusively woven into the well-paced narrative. I would consider this book educational for a reader who is not deeply familiar with the Holocaust. Highly recommended for the general readership.

5.0 out of 5 stars*****The Seven Year Dress

January 7, 2019

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As with all of the author’s books, this one digs into human emotions that help a person survive tragedies. And what greater tragedy has occurred in modern times than the ill treatment of those imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps? The prisoners are seen are real and vulnerable, doing what they had to do to shut out the horrors of the war. Some cannot cope, but others like Helen can hide them inside so they don’t make her become a monster like those who imprisoned her. The emotions are raw and beautiful at the same time. A well written and touching story.

AMAZON U.K.

Rachel

5.0 out of 5 star*****sWow

13 January 2019

Format: Kindle Edition

I cannot stop reading about this subject in history and this book has really opened my eyes about what happened.

mick burridge. Susan burridge

4.0 out of 5 stars****Great Read

10 January 2019

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

Unbelievable suffering, although you know what happened during these times, one persons remarkable story Written so well brings the hardships home to you.

Gabby

5.0 out of 5 stars*****Outstanding

9 January 2019

Format: Kindle Edition

A brave account of the horrific events endured by a young female Auschwitz survivor. Deeply moving heart breaking tale of bravery, loss and survival.

Steph Steptoe

5.0 out of 5 stars*****Very moving!

5 January 2019

Format: Kindle Edition

Absolutely loved this book. The story was told in a very human way. How anyone emerged from that horror to be a kind and loving person again is a mystery to me. An inspirational story!

GOODREADS

Jan 01, 2019 Elise Moss rated it **** really liked it

As with all books about the Holocaust, there were many disturbing moments but ultimately, her resolve to make it through despite all of her loss made it a really enjoyable story.

RECENT REVIEWS FOR THE PERSECUTION OF MILDRED DUNLAP

AMAZON U.K.

4.0 out of 5 stars****To thine own self be true

2 January 2019

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Mildred Dunlap, tall, physically unattractive, mannish and past the first flush of youth is unsurprisingly (in the opinion of the local community) ‘on the shelf’. Her cousin Edra is much younger and very attractive, but since a terrible trauma as a child, has been to all intents and purposes, a recluse, and no one expects either of them to marry. Mildred and Edra have to find ways of keeping their love for each other secret as the small town in Nevada descends into a furore over the news of Oscar Wilde’s arrest for ‘gross indecency’ with another man. And Mildred hatches a plan to distract attention away from them, only to have it spectacularly misfire.
A gentle, emotionally detailed book, a bit heavy on the explicit spelling out of the message for my taste, but overall satisfying. I felt a bit irritable with all the hysterical behaviour by some of the women, but I guess in the days before the pill, modern anti-depressants, psychology/psychiatry, feminism and the #MeToo movement, women would have been particularly at the mercy of their hormones, PMT, mental health issues, and PTSD after assaults.
Worth reading.

DOGS RESCUED FROM KILL SHELTERS

Kash has been rescued

Kash’s freedom photo

Bandit has been rescued

Bandit’s freedom photo

 

Andretti has been rescued

 

Andretti’s freedom photo with new sibling

 

River has been rescued

 

River’s freedom photo

 

 

Snowflake has been rescued

 

 

Snowflake’s freedom photo

 

Rufus has been rescued

 

Rufus’ standing tall freedom photo

 

Marvin has been rescued

 

Marvin’s freedom photo

Cheyenne has been rescued

Cheyenne’s freedom photo

 

Lilly has been rescued with her four puppies

 

Lilly and her 4 puppies freedom photo

Misty has been rescued

Misty’s freedom photo

Rio has been rescued

 

Rio’s freedom photo

 

Bonded sisters Dolly & Beijing have been rescued together.

Dolly & Beijing Kennel information

 

Dolly & Beijing’s freedom photo

 

PinMin has been rescued

PinMin’s freedom photo thriving at the vet’s.

 

Princess has been rescued

Princess’ kennel information

Princess’ freedom photo

 

Princess has been rescued

 

Princess’ freedom photo

 

Gulliver has been rescued

 

Gulliver’s freedom photo

 

Minnie has been rescued

Minnie’s freedom photo

 

Faith has been rescued

Faith’s freedom photo

Brownie has been rescued

 

Brownie’s free

 

Diva has been rescued

 

Diva’s freedom photo

 

Maxine has been rescued

Maxine’s freedom photo

 

Peachez has been rescued

 

Peachez’s freedom photo

Norman has been rescued

 

Norman’s freedom photo

Caspian has been rescued

 

Caspian’s freedom photo

 

Sofia has been rescued

Sofia’s freedom photo

 

Kobe has been rescued

 

Kobe’s freedom photo

 

Baldwin has been rescued

Baldwin’s freedom photo

 

Wiler’s been rescued

Wiler’s freedom photo

 

Wiler with new mom

 

Sioux has been rescued with bonded mate Angel

 

Sioux’s freedom photo

Angel has been rescued

 

Angel’s freedom photo

Bonded buddies Sioux and Angel are so happy to be free together

 

Noland has been rescued

Noland’s freedom photo

 

Rufus’ has been rescued

Rufus’ freedom photo

Theo’s been rescued

Theo’s kennel information

 

Theo’s freedom photo

 

Sarah has been rescued

 

Sarah’s freedom photo with new sibling

 

Dempsey has been rescued

Dempsey’s freedom photo

Milky has been rescued

Milky’s freedom photo

 

Jacques the elder has been rescued

 

Jacques’ freedom photo. Now that’s one happy face.

 

Kate has been rescued

Kate’s freedom photo

Biscuit has been rescued

Biscuit’s freedom photo

Francis has been rescued

Francis’ freedom ride

Francis’s freedom photo. At the vet pre-surgery being taken very good care of.

Atticus has been rescued

Atticus’ freedom photo

Ruby’s been rescued

Ruby’s freedom photo

Luna has been rescued

Luna’s freedom photo

Matilda has been rescued

Matilda’s freedom photo

 

Winnie has been rescued

Winnie’s freedom photo

Claudia has been rescued

Claudia’s freedom photo

 

Sabrina has been rescued

Sabrina’s freedom photo

 

Gucci has been rescued

Gucci’s freedom photo