Georgia Hunter on Discovering her Family’s Jewish History and Kindness as Resistance
The Five Books: Jewish Authors on the Books That Shaped Them
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Show Notes
When Georgia Hunter was fifteen years old, she discovered that she came from a family of Holocaust survivors. Years later, she embarked on a journey of intensive research, determined to unearth and record her family’s remarkable story. The result is the New York Times best seller, We Were the Lucky Ones, which has been published in over 20 languages and adapted for television by Hulu as a highly acclaimed limited series. One Good Thing is Georgia’s second novel.
In our conversation, Georgia will talk about the hold that multi-generational Holocaust stories have on her, about kindness as resistance, and her realization after publishing her family’s story that she could write another book.
Georgia Hunter's Five Books:
4. The Lost Baker of Vienna (galley) by Sharon Kurtzman
5. One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter
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