The Miracle Typist

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 320 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and survival against all odds during the Second World war.Conscripted into the Polish army as Hitlers forces draw closer, Jewish soldier Tolek Klings vows to return to his wife, Klara, and son, Juliusz. However, the army is rife with anti-Semitism and Tolek is relentlessly tormented. As the Germans invade Poland, he is faced with a terrible flee home to protect his family and risk being shot as a deserter or remain a soldier, hoping reports of women and children being spared by the occupying forces are true.What follows is an extraordinary odyssey that will take Tolek via a daring escape from a Hungarian internment camp to Palestine, where his ability to type earns him the title of ‘The Miracle Typist, then on to fight in Egypt, Tobruk and Italy. A broken telegram from Klara, ending with the haunting words, ‘We trouble, makes Tolek even more determined to find his way home and fulfil his promise.This heartbreakingly inspiring true story is brought vividly to life by Toleks son-in-law, Melbourne writer Leon Silver.Told in gripping prose, The Miracle Typist is the story of one mans journey from World War II battlefields to Palestine and Italy and finally Australia. Toleks courage and his determination to save his family is a wonder to read made even more so by the fact that it is based on a heart wrenching true story. Highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction. Anita Abriel, author of The Light After the War‘Incredible, heart-wrenching and inspirational. Better Reading

ISBN: 9781760854355