In 1940 Soviet tanks roll into Lithuania. To avoid Communism, Irena and her family flee to Nazi Germany. In Hamburg, Irena and her sister attend a school and are taught to revere Hitler and hate the Jews.
The Allies’ plan is to annihilate Hamburg by bombing, code named Operation Gomorrah. Can Irena’s parents protect their daughters not only from the deadly war, but also from Hitler’s propaganda?
Inspired by the true story of a Lithuanian family who flees their country to protect their daughters, only to discover they might lose them.
Sue Stewart Ade is the author of the award-winning novels Friends Forever and Friends Together. She was compelled to take a brief departure from romantic suspense to record events from WWII that are happening again as the Soviets attack Ukraine.
DISPLACED won first place in Writer’s Advice Contest and was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Literary Contest.
Sue presently lives in Pana, Illinois, with her husband Larry. They have two children, Nelson and Missy, and four grandchildren. Family, friends, and faith are her life.