Fiction

Ep. 162 The Deceptions – Suzanne Leal

Moving from wartime Europe to modern-day Australia, The Deceptions is a powerful story of old transgressions, unexpected revelations and the legacy of lives built on lies and deceit
Inspired by a true story of wartime betrayal, The Deceptions is a searing, compassionate tale of love and duplicity-and family secrets better left buried.

Ep:82 Heather Morris – The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved.
Lale Sokolov is well dressed, a charmer, a ladies man. He is also a Jew.  On the first transport from Slovakia to Auschwitz in 1942, Late immediately stands out to his fellow prisoners.  In the camp, he is looked up to, looked out for and put to work in the privileged position of Tatowierer – the tattooist – to mark his fellow prisoners, forever. One of them is a young woman, Gita, who steals his heart at first glance.
His life is given new purpose, Lale does his best through the struggle and suffering to use his position for good.

Ep:60 Eleanor Limprecht – The Passengers

Sarah and Hannah are on a cruise from San Diego, California to Sydney Australia.  Sarah Hannah’s grandmother , is returning to the country of her birth, a place she hasn’t seen since boarding the USS Mariposa in 1945.  She, along with countless other war brides, sailed across the Pacific to join the american Servicemen they’d married during World War II.