New Releases by Kate Thompson

Äidin ja tyttären matka läpi helvetin. Renee Saltin ja Kate Thompsonin Kaikki puolestasi kertoo äidinrakkauden pelastavasta voimasta Auschwitzin ja Bergen-Belsenin kuolemanleirien painajaisessa. Renee Salt oli kymmenvuotias juutalaistyttö syyskuussa 1939, kun Saksa hyökkäsi hänen kotimaahansa Puolaan. Siitä alkoi hänen henkilökohtainen helvettinsä, joka kesti aina huhtikuuhun 1945 asti: häntä marssitettiin, nälkiinnytettiin ja pahoinpideltiin ghetoissa ja keskitysleireillä. Oli kuitenkin yksi asia, joka pysyi muuttumattomana – hänen äitinsä rakkaus. Se oli jotain väkevää ja kaunista, jotain joka toi toivoa rumassa ja turmeltuneessa maailmassa. Hänen äitinsä piilotti hänet, valehteli SS:lle, meni vasemmalle, kun häntä ohjattiin oikealle – teki lukemattomia pieniä tekoja, jotka pelastivat Reneen hengen. Salt on kirjoittanut kirjan toimittaja ja kirjailija Kate Thompsonin kanssa. Heidän yhteistyönään syntynyt muistelmateos on Reneen äidille osoitettu rakkaudenosoitus, jonka kirjoittaminen kesti kahdeksankymmentä vuotta ja joka on täynnä syvää kiintymystä, menetystä, rohkeutta ja toivoa. Renee Salt (s. 1929) syntyi Puolassa ja joutui toisen maailmansodan aikana Auschwitzin ja Bergen-Belsenin keskitysleireille. Sodan jälkeen hän avioitui brittisotilaan kanssa ja muutti Lontooseen. Kaikki puolestasi on hänen ensimmäinen muistelmateoksensa. Kate Thompson (s. 1974) on englantilaiskirjailija, joka on ennen kirjailijanuraansa työskennellyt journalistina. Kaikki puolestasi on Thompsonin ensimmäinen suomennettu tietokirja. Aiemmin häneltä on julkaistu suomeksi toisen maailmansodan aikaan sijoittuvat romaanit Kirjasto sodan keskellä sekä Kiellettyjen kirjojen lukupiiri.

Bestseller del Sunday Times La vera storia di come sono sopravvissuta agli orrori dell’Olocausto grazie a mia madre «Una storia che il mondo deve conoscere.» «Questo libro arriva al cuore stesso dell’esistenza.» Da una sopravvissuta alla Shoah, una lettera d’amore alla madre lunga ottant’anni. «Mamma, sono io». Le strinsi la mano, sperando che le desse la forza di resistere. Alla fine parlò, con una voce poco più che sussurrata: «Non piangere quando morirò». Per molti decenni, Renee ha solo cercato di dimenticare ciò che aveva vissuto tra il settembre del 1939, data dell’invasione nazista della Polonia, e l’aprile del 1945, quando fu liberata dal campo di concentramento di Bergen-Belsen: le persecuzioni, le fughe continue, la deportazione dal ghetto ebraico della sua città, la perdita della sorella, la prigionia ad Auschwitz-Birkenau, i lavori forzati ad Amburgo e le angherie subite in un altro lager. In quei sei anni di torture, paura e lotta per la sopravvivenza, ci fu un’unica costante: la mano di sua madre Sala, sempre stretta alla sua. La forza dell’amore materno diede a entrambe qualcosa di fragile ma bellissimo a cui aggrapparsi in un’epoca infernale. Fu sua madre a nascondere Renee, a proteggerla sempre, a rischiare la vita per lei disobbedendo agli ordini delle SS. Furono liberate entrambe, ma la salute di Sala non resse e morì soltanto dodici giorni dopo. Questo libro, commovente e colmo di gratitudine, è un inno al loro legame speciale e all’amore assoluto che unisce madri e figlie, un amore capace di superare anche le prove più dure. Renee Salt Nacque con il nome di Rywka Ruchla Berkowitz a Zdunska Wola, in Polonia, nel 1929. Viveva con i genitori e la sorella minore e aveva molti zii e zie. Dopo l’invasione e l’occupazione della Polonia nel settembre del 1939, furono cacciati dagli ufficiali tedeschi, riuniti in un ghetto e poi deportati. Fu reclusa con la madre in diversi lager, tra cui quello di Auschwitz-Birkenau, ed entrambe furono spedite a morire a Bergen-Belsen. Il 15 aprile 1945 l’esercito britannico le liberò, ma la madre morì in ospedale dodici giorni dopo la liberazione. Renee si è sposata con un ufficiale britannico e da allora vive a Londra. Ha testimoniato la sua storia in molte scuole del Regno Unito e in un documentario della BBC. Kate Thompson È una giornalista britannica e collabora con quotidiani nazionali e riviste femminili. Scrive romanzi e saggi e la sua passione è scovare voci perdute e storie inedite. Conduce il podcast From the Library With Love. La Newton Compton ha pubblicato Una promessa ad Auschwitz (con Renee Salt).

A HOUSE WITH A SECRET An unanswered question: Who is the Creature in the Night? Bobby lives a reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in Dublin. So his mother moves thefamily to the country. But Bobby suspects their cottage might not be as quaint as it seems. Teens will be captivated by this spooky novel about the darkness that lurks in forgotten corners and tough teenagers.

One of the oldest living Holocaust survivors recounts her family’s imprisonment at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen in this moving memoir of love, loss, courage, and hope. "A deeply moving memoir, beautifully written and researched." —Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz “I only survived because of my mother''s love.” When German soldiers invaded Poland in September 1939, it began a six year journey for then-ten-year-old Renee Salt and her mother Sala. Until their liberation in 1945, Renee and Sala were imprisoned in ghettos and concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen. The only light in the darkness and brutality for Renee was the unwavering grasp of her mother’s hand in hers–enduring, against all odds. It was this unbreakable bond, along with a few miracles, that kept Renee alive. Sala’s staggering courage to defy the will of SS guards saved both her and her daughter from the gas chambers, and the pair survived the deadliest days in Auschwitz’s history. After suffering the nightmarish conditions at Bergen-Belsen, Renee and her mother were liberated in April 1945–but Sala died soon after they were saved. To this day, Renee attributes her survival to the love and bravery of her beloved mother. Do Not Cry When I Die is an incredibly moving and deeply crucial book that tells the shocking story of one of the oldest Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen survivors–and the mother’s love that saved her life.

I wonder, my little one, who will you be when you''re out in this world, big and wide? A bundle so precious and tiny and loved, you will carry my heart by your side . . . A beautiful and inspiring letter of hope and love to a child taking their first steps into the big, wide world. This heartwarming book expresses every parent or carer''s hope that their child will be kind to others, caring to the world and, above all else, true to themselves. With gorgeous illustrations throughout, this is the perfect book to share together to help children find their way in the world and to give parents the confidence to guide them as they grow. With stunning, dreamy artwork by new illustrator Kitty Harris, and a lyrical rhyming text by an exciting new voice in picture books, Kate Thompson. “An exquisite snuggle of a book!” Frances Tosdevin, author of The Bear and her Book “All I Hope For You is more than just a picture book—it’s a keepsake, a book to be treasured” Clare Helen Welsh, Books That Help

Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour. The Isle of Jersey was once a warm and neighborly community, but in 1943, German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule. Nazis have ordered Grace La Mottée, the island''s only librarian, to destroy books that threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, she wants to fight back. So she forms the Wartime Book Club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading. But as the occupation drags on, the women''s quiet acts of bravery become more perilous – and more important – than ever before. And when tensions turn to violence, they are forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance . . . Based on astonishing real events, The Wartime Book Club is a love letter to the power of books in the darkest of times – as well as a moving page-turner that brings to life the remarkable, untold story of an island at war.

An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London. London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While war ravages the city above her, Clara has risked everything she holds dear to turn the Bethnal Green tube station into the country’s only underground library. Down here, a secret community thrives with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café, and a theater—offering shelter, solace, and escape from the bombs that fall upon their city. Along with her glamorous best friend and assistant Ruby Munroe, Clara ensures the library is the beating heart of life underground. But as the war drags on, the women''s determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is tested to the limits when it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive.

''A twisty plot, warm-hearted characters, laughter, secrets and heartbreak - and bursting with fascinating detail'' - Annie Murray Stratford, 1943. World War Two is still raging across Europe. But for the Lavender Girls, the workers at the Yardley cosmetics factory in East London, there are even more challenges on the home front. Esther, newly married, is learning to juggle life as a working woman with her duties as a wife and homemaker. And she must find a way to help her adopted family on the Shoot, who are battling their own hidden demons . . . Headstrong Patsy, a new recruit at the Yardley factory, has a double life that takes her from the East End lipstick belt by day to the stage in the West End at night. But will she be able to keep her secrets hidden from her controlling mother, Queenie? For bubbly Lou, a forbidden love forces her to choose between family loyalty and a chance at true happiness. Can she be brave enough to forge her own path in the chaos of a war? One thing is certain: the Lavender Girls need one another more than ever if they are going to survive . . .

First published in 1998, this seventh volume of Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland reports the main findings of the Northern Ireland Social Attitudes survey carried out in 1996. In this survey, views were obtained on community relations in Northern Ireland; the growth of home ownership; attitudes to the countryside; the role of government in Northern Ireland; attitudes to the National Health Service; attitudes to the environment and belief and trust in the political process. The various chapters provide a measure of the feelings, attitudes and beliefs of the people of Northern Ireland on a wide range of matters. Many of the chapters chart trends from the early 1990s and analyse changes in attitudes over the period.

During the Second World War, life in the iconic Bryant & May match factory is grimy and tough. Annie, Rose, Pearl and Millie carry on making matches for the British Army, with bombs raining down around them. Inspired by the Dig for Victory campaign, Annie persuades the owners to start Bryant & May allotment in the factory grounds. With plenty of sweat and toil, the girls eventually carve out a corner of the yard into a green plot full of life and colour. In the darkest of times, the girls find their allotment a tranquil, happy escape. Using pierced dustbin lids to sieve through the shrapnel and debris, they bring about a powerful change, not just in the factory, but their own lives.

If a wedding marks the first day of the rest of your life, then the story starts with the dress. It''s 1936 and the streets of London''s East End are grimy and brutal, but in one corner of Bethnal Green it is forever Hollywood . . . Herbie Taylor''s photography studio is nestled in the heart of bustling Green Street. Tomboy Stella and troubled Winnie work in Herbie''s studio; their best friend and hopeless romantic Kitty works next door as an apprentice dressmaker. All life passes through the studio, wishing to capture that perfect moment in time. Kitty works tirelessly to create magical bridal gowns, but with each stitch she wonders if she''ll ever get a chance to wear a white dress. Stella and Winnie sprinkle a dusting of Hollywood glamour over happy newly-weds, but secretly dream of escaping the East End . . . Community is strong on Green Street, but can it stand the ultimate test? As clouds of war brew on the horizon, danger looms over the East End. Will the Wedding Girls find their happy ever afters, before it''s too late?

Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little kitten! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little puppy! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth, and skill-building. Therapists, coaches, healthcare professionals, and educators have known for decades that expressive writing is a powerful tool for better living, learning, and healing. But until now, few have had access to practical applications that have proven successful. In this groundbreaking collection, you’ll discover: how expressive writing can call us into healing communityexciting new discoveries about how writing can support neuroplasticity and actually help change our brains—and thus our thinking and behaviornew research on the role of expressive writing for prevention of compassion fatigue in RNshow transformative writing can create art from the ashes of traumathe role of journal writing for emotional balance sensible ideas about the synergy of expressive writing and play therapy for children, teens, and adultsinterventions and strategies for the use of expressive writing in acute psychiatric carehow interactive expressive writing helps deaf teens communicate inarticulate feelings and thoughtshow cancer survivors can use expressive writing to reclaim identity and strength post-treatment the role of expressive writing in developing the roots of resilience for practitioners

DIVDIVDIVTess has a secret power—and it just might save the world from disaster/divDIV Thirteen-year-old Tess is a Switcher, able to change into any animal at will. No one knows her secret, or so she thinks. But one day a strange, scruffy boy follows her home from her Dublin bus stop. The boy’s name is Kevin, and he’s a Switcher too. Kevin convinces Tess that their powers are needed for something important: stopping the snowstorms that are rapidly advancing from the Arctic. Tess and Kevin will have to stretch their abilities to the very limit in order to save the world from frozen destruction./div/div/div

DIVDIVDIVTess is a Switcher, able to change shape at will—and it’s time for her to choose her final form/divDIV Tess can morph into any creature, including ones thought to be imaginary. Within days, she will turn fifteen and lose her power, remaining locked into a single shape. But what shape should she choose? As she tries to decide, Tess travels to her uncle Maurice’s farm in County Clare. She’s distracted from her weighty decision by the feeling that there’s something strange about the woods near the farm. Why is Uncle Maurice so eager to sell the land? And what does the secret in the woods have to do with Tess’s choice? Her journey will take her to places she never could have imagined as she approaches once and for all her final Switch./div/div/div

FRIDAY was his birth name, Noah was what he was called, and he was terrified. Because of "crimes" he had committed against his adopted family in America, he found himself abandoned back in his birth country of Liberia, waiting, hoping someone from his birth family would rescue him from this terrible aloneness. The three weeks he roamed the streets, spending his money from America on food, became an endless fear as he faced a gun held to his head, and witnessed the relentless crushing poverty that was daily life on the streets of Monrovia. His great aunt finally came and took him to the depths of the African interior where almost immediately he became sick with malaria, and tackled other challenges he was ill prepared to handle. After nearly five months, he woke up to the news that another family was bringing him back to America. Terror flooded him again, because his first adoptive father had threatened him never to return. FRIDAY''S trust in anyone was shattered, and he silently vowed he would always keep control of his life. Finding Friday is the story of a boy''s movement from hopelessness to hope, the challenges a loving foster family encountered in helping him along his life''s journey, and the unexpected door God opened for him

When you''re burdened with the name of a goddess and your mother''s a flamboyant actress, the last thing you want from a theatrical career is to be under the spotlight. That''s why Aphrodite Delaney opts for a job backstage as a designer. But the bitchcraft rampant in the theatre world means that Aphrodite''s obliged to seek employment elsewhere, and she finds herself grafting as a stylist on television commercials, a forlorn Cinderella with no invite to the ball. Until - ping! - the handsome prince of Irish fashion, Troy MacNally, arrives on the scene. Suddenly this Cinderella is snowed under with fairy-tale threads and invites to the hottest events in town. Up against the most fiendish of divas, Aphrodite discovers a talent for wickedness herself...

Times are hard in the village of Lissamore on Ireland''s West Coast. So it''s lucky that free-spirited Cat Gallagher knows a thing or two about breaking and entering.

The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. Keeping a journal can help the writer to develop a better understanding of themselves, their relationships and the world around them, as well as improve skills of problem-solving, decision-making and planning. As such, journal writing can be a powerful complement to verbal therapy, offering an effective and affordable way of extending support to troubled clients. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes.

Marcus is a young baker in Ancient Rome, living with his family in the shadow of the murderous Emperor Littleboots. When a slave boy shoves the reins of a sleek, beautiful horse into Marcus''s hands seconds before he is killed by a soldier, Marcus knows he''s in danger - because the horse is Incitatus, the Emperor''s most prized and powerful animal. Will Marcus find a way to keep Incitatus hidden? Are the rumours of Littleboots''s death true - or is it all a trick? And how can Marcus save himself, and his family? A fast-paced adventure from the winner of both the Whitbread Children''s Book Award and the 2005 Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize.

Maddie Godard: chief copywriter, The Complete Works advertising agency. Smart. Sussed. Scared. Because when your self-esteem''s been trampled and your world is overturned, you have to act fast. Maddie escapes from busy Dublin to seemingly tranquil Saint-Géyroux, an idyll in rural France. There, she is led into temptation by beautiful, roguish Sam, cajoled into becoming a life model by renowned artist Daniel Lennox, and haunted by a portrait of a mysterious beauty with a secret to share. Can she help Maddie exorcise her demons? In this moving, bittersweet, joyously romantic tale, Maddie Goddard confronts her innermost fears, makes new friends, and learns that life really is worth living...

If only real life was like the movies...

Golden girl Calypso O''Kelly is used to getting what she wants. As a powerful casting director, she calls the shots. Closet romantic Dannie Moore is mistress of her own destiny. Having had her fingers burned once by her war correspondent partner, she''s determined never to fall in love again. Devoted single mother Rosa Elliot dreams of a brand new life of freedom from tyrannical, sexist bosses. But she finds that casting caution to the wind isn''t necessarily the best way of making her dreams come true... Three strong women, working hard to make life as perfect as possible. Until Calypso relinquishes control to a demon lover, Dannie discovers that destiny lies in the stars, and Rosa''s dreams of freedom end up in the trash. Can they ever reassemble the shards of the lives they''ve so recklessly shattered?

Who knows where the time goes? There never seems to be enough time in Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. When J.J.''s mother says time''s what she really wants for her birthday, J.J. decides to find her some. He''s set himself up for an impossible task . . . until a neighbor reveals a secret. There''s a place where time stands still—at least, it''s supposed to. J.J. can make the journey there, but he''ll have to vanish from his own life to do so. Can J.J. find the leak between the two worlds? Will a shocking rumor about his family''s past come back to haunt him? And what does it all have to do with the village''s new policeman . . . ?