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Germaine Shames

Germaine Shames scours the globe in search of compelling stories. Shames is author of "Between Two Deserts," two earlier nonfiction books, and three feature screenplays. A former foreign correspondent and contributor to Hemispheres, More, and National Geographic Traveler, she has lived and worked in such diverse locations as the Australian outback, Swiss Alps, interior of Bulgaria, coast of Colombia, Fiji Islands, and Gaza Strip . With "You, Fascinating You" the author returns to her roots in the performing arts to reveal a hidden story painstakingly researched across three countries over the course of five years. The book has been named Editor's Choice by the Historical Novel Society.

The Indomitable Ballerina History Forgot

The Indomitable Ballerina History Forgot

In 1944 at the height of the worst carnage the world has known, a mother in Budapest, Hungary put her only son, then seven years old, out on the street with a pillow, a last morsel of bread, and the boy’s baptismal certificate. The mother was Jewish, the son Catholic.
Fifty years later the son, Cesare [...]

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