Helene Ritchie invites you to help celebrate and launch her book, The Burned Letter, a non-fiction story that has emotional, psychological, historic, and political implications, for now, and the future. It is a very human, personal story with universal implications.
THE LAUNCH
At: Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington
On: Tuesday 6 June 6-8 p.m
Launch M.C.: Dr Gigi Fenster
FOLLOWED BY A LUNCHTIME Q and A SESSION (after you have read the book!)
At: Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington
On: Tuesday 27 June 12.30-1.30pm
Chaired by Author Dr. Gigi Fenster
Please reply by 1 June 2023 to helene.ritchie@icloud.com
Attendance numbers are essential for catering.
Any pre-orders also to the above email address. Book price $45
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“Helene Ritchie’s dedication and detail in discovering her mother’s story creates a powerful and very personal journey of a family and the community in which they lived against the history and consequence of the Holocaust and the disappearance of their world.”
– John Barnett, CNZM NZ Film Producer
“In this assiduously researched, comprehensive and moving memoir, Helene Ritchie delves into her family’s fraught history during the Holocaust.”
– Dr Ann Beaglehole Author of A Small Price to Pay
“Aotearoa New Zealand occupies an interesting place for those Jews who sought to escape European antisemitism and the Holocaust. This book helps to explain that connection in a moving and highly compelling account of one family’s
European background, stories of antisemitism and the challenges – and joys of settling in New Zealand”
– Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley
