{"product_id":"little-bird-of-auschwitz-how-my-mother-escaped-death-and-found-our-family-9781473646445","title":"Little Bird of Auschwitz: How My Mother Escaped Death and Found Our Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'That nickname . . .'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\"Little bird.\" It wasn't mine. I found out later he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Little Bird\" didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of \"little birds\", just like me, all thinking they were the only one.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in scattered fragments throughout his childhood, that he never thought to investigate. The story of how his mother survived Auschwitz. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the few last months of the Second World War, thirteen-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of thirteen thousand non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz. Her experiences there cast a shadow over the rest of her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow ninety, Alina has been diagnosed with dementia. Together, mother and son begin a race against time to record her memories and preserve her family's story. Along the way, Jacques learns long-hidden secrets about his mother's family. He gains an understanding of his mother through retracing her past, learning more about the woman who would never let him call her 'Mum'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlina Peretti \u003c\/b\u003egraduated from Wroclaw University in Poland and trained as an architect, working in Senegal, England, France and Switzerland. She later became a tour guide, taking visitors all over the world, including to Auschwitz, but never went through the gates herself. She now lives in London with her husband Peter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter graduating from The London School of Economics, \u003cb\u003eJacques Peretti\u003c\/b\u003e became an investigative journalist. His award winning television series include \u003ci\u003eThe Men Who Made Us Fat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Super Rich and Us\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTrillion Pound Island\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book \u003ci\u003eThe Deals That Made The World\u003c\/i\u003e is now a paperback, and his podcast series \u003ci\u003eEdge of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e available as an audible original.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725796839698,"sku":"9781473646445","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a455c19f-18cc-482a-ba89-418697f8c2e8.jpg?v=1734845842","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/little-bird-of-auschwitz-how-my-mother-escaped-death-and-found-our-family-9781473646445","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}