¡°Based on a true story, the wrenching yet riveting tale of Lale¡¯s determination to survive the camp with Gita is a moving testament to the power of kindness, ingenuity, and hope.¡±
(People)
¡°Like the Nobel Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel¡¯s Night, Morris¡¯ work takes us inside the day-to-day workings of the most notorious German death camp. Over the course of three years, Morris interviewed Lale, teasing out his memories and weaving them into her heart-rending narrative of a Jew whose unlikely forced occupation as a tattooist put him in a position to act with kindness and humanity in a place where both were nearly extinct.¡± (BookPage)
¡°The Tattooist of Auschwitz is the story of hope and survival against incredible odds and the power of love.¡± (Popsugar)
¡°The Tattooist of Auschwitz is an extraordinary document.. I find it hard to imagine anyone who would not be drawn in, confronted and moved. I would recommend it unreservedly to anyone, whether they¡¯d read a hundred Holocaust stories or none.¡± (Graeme Simsion, internationally-bestselling author of The Rosie Project)
¡°What an extraordinary and important book this is. We need as many memories of the Holocaust as we can retain, and this is a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of war.¡± (International bestseller Jill Mansell)
¡°As many interviews as I did with Holocaust survivors for the Shoah Foundation and as many devastating testimonies as I heard, I could not stop reading THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ?an extraordinary story of love so fierce it sustained people enduring the unimaginable. Read it, share it, remember it.¡± (Jenna Blum, NYT and international bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family )
¡°To many, this book will be most appreciated for its powerful evocation of the everyday horrors of life as a prisoner in a concentration camp, while others will be heartened by the novel¡¯s message of how true love can transcend even the most hellishly inhuman environments. This is a perfect novel for book clubs and readers of historical fiction.¡± (Publishers Weekly)
¡°..this is a powerful, gut-wrenching tale that is hard to shake off.¡± (Kirkus Reviews)
¡°Although one might suspect that there¡¯s far more to his past than is revealed here, much of Lale¡¯s story¡¯s complexity makes it onto the page. And even though it¡¯s clear that Lale will survive, Morris imbues the novel with remarkable suspense.¡±