Tag: Heartbreaking

Convict Orphans The heartbreaking stories of the colony’s forgotten children, and those who succeeded against all odds


Free Download Lucy Frost, "Convict Orphans: The heartbreaking stories of the colony’s forgotten children, and those who succeeded against all odds"
English | ISBN: 1761067680 | 2023 | 304 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Many thousands of abandoned children were treated as free labour in late 19th century Australia, yet their stories have been hidden until now, even to their descendants. Lucy Frost’s painstaking research has uncovered what really happened to the convict orphans.

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My Friend Anne Frank The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against [Audiobook]


Free Download My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BJ4M3Y44 | 2023 | 9 hours and 29 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 274 MB
Author: Hannah Pick-Goslar, Dina Kraft
Narrator: Alix Dunmore

Both heartbreaking and life-affirming, the long-awaited memoir of Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar, who shares an intimate look into her life and friendship with Anne Frank. In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne’s lives abruptly changed forever. As the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam progressed, Anne and the Frank family seemingly vanished, leaving behind unmade beds and dishes in the sink-but no trace of Anne’s precious diary.

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