Jenny Harrison

The Ninth Candle Jenny Harrison

This is the story of one family and what happened to them during the Holocaust. The invasion of Poland by Germany in September 1939 is the traumatic background to their separate ordeals. No other country in Europe suffered from German depredation as Poland did and no other population was as traumatised and brutalised as the Poles, both Jews and Gentiles. Each of the Bender siblings made a decision based on love; Marysia's love for her son, Piotr, Josef's for his fiancée, Rachel, and Adam, the paediatrician, for his love of sick or injured children. Each one acted out of love and each one faced a different destiny. This is a story of immense bravery and sacrifice, of love and loss, of humanity at its worst and its best. A story that will toll like a bell in the heart and mind, and is a dedication to those who love deeply enough to pay the ultimate price.