Kristin Harmel Author Event and Book Club

19 Griffin Street,McDonough GA 30253

02 August, 2021

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Meet the Author and Hot New Fiction Book Club with Kristin Harmel featuring her newest book The Forest of Vanishing Stars In THE FOREST OF VANISHING STARS, Harmel introduces a young woman who was stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe. When she finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies, her solitary existence is interrupted as she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what’s happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest—and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a collision that puts innocent lives at risk. Inspired by real groups of Jewish refugees who hid in the forests to escape persecution during World War II, Harmel incorporates historical elements in her novel including what the forest refugees would have eaten, the way they sheltered, and the way they fought back. In her research, Harmel interviewed Aron Bielski, who along with his brothers led a group of Jewish refugees for two years, deeper into the forest, ultimately surviving the war—and served as inspiration for the film Defiance, starring Daniel Craig.