Shoutout on the Today Show - Click to open Congrats to Lauren Fox on her gorgeous new bestseller, Send for Me, a Read with Jenna bookclub pick, and a huge thanks to Lauren for mentioning We Were the Lucky Ones as a favorite book on her Today Show interview! (Her book recommendation comes at minute 6.)
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Questions? Comments? Whether you're researching your own family history or simply have a question relating to one of my books, shoot me a note, feel free to contact me via the form at the bottom of the page---I'd love to hear from you!
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I will be posting all kinds of content here soon –Georgia
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DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION About the Story An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the untold true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separated at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive—and to reunite. It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their…
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There is a growing body of resources available to those of us researching our Jewish heritage. Here are a few sites I found especially helpful: JewishGen (powered by Ancestry and affiliated with the Museum of Jewish Heritage): a collection of databases, resources, and search tools that currently hosts more than 20 million records and provides a myriad…
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Local librarians are wonderful resources. They know where the information’s hiding, and can save you loads of time. Keep in mind museums often have libraries, too—I searched for days trying to track down the number of Jews from my family’s home town in Poland who were lucky enough to have survived the Holocaust. In a…
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Whatever your interest—birth, death, or marriage certificates, old addresses, military records—spend a couple of days researching the archives, indexes, magistrates, memorials, ministries and embassies in your cities/states/countries of interest (see Tip 8 for some specific examples of the resources I've used). Many of these archives (e.g., the U.S. and U.K. National Archives) are searchable online and some are even…
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Whatever your personal history, I guarantee with a little digging you’ll find a library of related books, articles, essays, and films. Authors, academics and screenwriters pride themselves on being experts on their topics of interest, often spending years learning everything there is to know about a certain event, period, or era, in order to paint…
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If you feel like your research has hit a dead end, or you’ve exhausted your personal connections, reach out to others in your community who may share a piece of your family history. In an effort to learn more about my Polish heritage, I did a little sleuthing online and discovered the Polish Home Association…
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Since by now you’ve designated yourself the family historian, take it upon yourself to start a tree. My family uses the online tree-builder, Geni. The basic version is free, easy to navigate, and includes fun features like the ability to send birthday or anniversary wishes. You can also use Ancestry. Basic searches and tree building are also free, and…
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If key family members are fuzzy on the details or have passed away, look to close family friends for insights. Thanks to the lovely World Wide Web, I was able to track down my grandfather’s one-time Czechoslovakian fiancée, Eliska, whom he met aboard a ship sailing for Brazil in ’41. Eliska was 88, and living in…
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Put together a list of questions and sit down with the folks in your family who might be able to share some answers: your parents, your grandparents, your great aunts, your second cousins. Bring along a phone or a digital voice recorder to capture your conversations (I find face-to-face interviews are a lot more productive…
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Interested in recording your own personal history? If the idea of throwing on a ‘detective’ hat and digging up pieces of your ancestral past seems daunting, I promise you, it’s easier than you think—and worth every ounce of effort. When I first took on the task of unearthing my family history, I was terrified. I spent two…
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We Were the Lucky Ones is the extraordinary, propulsive true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separated at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive-and to reunite It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even…
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I was fifteen years old when I learned that I came from a family of Holocaust survivors. Schlomo (Sol) and Nechuma with their children (from left), Addy (my grandfather), Jakob, Halina, Mila, and Genek The discovery sparked a dizzying array of questions, the most unsettling of which was: Why was I just learning…
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An unforgettable story of hardship and hope, courage and resilience, which follows one young woman's journey through war-torn Italy during World War II 1940, Northern Italy. Lili and Esti have been best friends since meeting at the University of Ferrara; when Esti's son Theo is born, they become as close as sisters. A war is being fought across…
Read More“World War II and the Holocaust continue to provide fodder for contemporary novelists. Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See and Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale are just two examples of runaway bestsellers that capture the fear and horror that gripped Europe in those days. Now comes first-time novelist Georgia Hunter with a tale that…
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Coming soon! As we near pub time for One Good Thing, I'll post a Readers Guide and other useful links to help you delve into the book.
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If you're interested in booking a speaking engagement, I'd love to hear from you! Please reach out to Kate Berner at Penguin Speaker's Bureau: kberner@penguinrandomhouse.com. More details here. "You brought such a gift to our school with your story, thoughtful presentation, and who you are as a human. We are forever grateful." ~Erica Hill, Principal,…
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Georgia Hunter, author of "We Were the Lucky Ones", speaks at the Open Book Event Fall 2016 at the Penguin Random House offices.
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"Matthew held our hands as we stepped into the wobbly dugout canoe he called a mokoro. I took my perch on a wooden plank at the front, my mother on one in the back. Matthew stood between us holding a long pole. Plunging one end into the muddy bank behind us, he pushed off into…
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“You Know You’re a travelgirl If… you’ve smelled the breath of a hippopotamus…you’ve run off a mountain with a man and a parachute strapped to your back…you’ve been in a country where there are more sheep than humans.” View travel girl magazine submission here
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved to write. I penned my first “novel” when I was four years old, and titled it Charlie Walks the Beast after my father’s newly-published sci-fi novel, Softly Walks the Beast. When I was eleven, I pitched an article—an Opinion piece on what it meant to be…
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