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Save the Children!
In fear of
annihilation by Russia during World War II, Finland was in a
race to save its children. This powerful book about their
survival begins in the summer of 1943.
A telephone conversation in Stockholm, Sweden, between Maja
Sandler, the wife of Sweden’s foreign minister, and Hana Rudh,
the director of the philanthropic Bremmer Foundation, creates a
plan for neutral Sweden to temporarily adopt Finland’s children
until the war is over.
Within three months, operation “Finska
Krigsbarn”
becomes
the greatest exodus of children in recorded history.
Sunpath
is a truly uplifting story, written after painstaking research
into both personal accounts by survivors, and the documentation
of this harrowing period in world history. It follows the
adventures of a 10-year-old child who was part of the
Finska
Krigsbarn,
and whose tenacity proves that love, in spite of war, exists
among all people.
“Sunpath
draws a vivid image of war and the price that innocent victims
pay. Families torn apart – children from their parents – all
forced to find new homes in a strange land. The portrait you
paint is from the past but all one has to do is turn on the
television today and see that somehow humanity never learns.
Well done!”
–
Leon Panetta, CIA director
“I
won't mince words. I was simply overwhelmed by Sunpath. War's
devastating impact on children is an oft treated subject, but
rarely has a novel of this kind been written with such
authenticity and depth of feeling. The physical and emotional
landscape you have painted is so palpable that I felt I was
living in it. Sunpath’s gripping narrative, vivid atmosphere,
and complex characters combine to make this a frightening,
wrenching and ultimately gratifying experience for the reader.
This is not a good work, it is a great one, and I expect it to
be nothing less than a smashing success.”
–
Steven
Gorelick,
director, New Jersey Motion Picture Commission
About the Author
Michael Maryk
has lived in Sweden and interviewed numerous survivors of this
period while visiting the sites described in his book. He has
been a hairstylist, actor, novelist and screenwriter. Originally
from Princeton, New Jersey, Maryk now lives with his wife in
Bellingham, Washington.
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Hard Cover - 6x9 - 346 pages - $32.50
ISBN: 978-1-60911-002-4
ISBN / SKU:
1-60911-002-1
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