She met my grandpa, also a teenage survivor who (with his family) stowed away on a (different) ship to escape Romanian pogroms and join a kibbutz. From these survivors, we have 17 direct descendants and counting.
The people of Yisrael live.
עם ישראל חי

My grandma, the sole survivor of her entire family, was 14 when the war ended, a teenage refugee with nothing, no one, and nowhere that wanted her. She was able to stowaway on a ship to Israel where she lived on a kibbutz and became a nurse.

The little sister was too young to hide there, and so was caught with my great-grandma and they were murdered in Auschwitz gas chambers together. My great-grandpa died of disease in hiding.
זיכרונם לברכה
May their memories be a blessing.

Back on the bird site I used to see authors do taunting "vague publishing" posts teasing that they had some upcoming exciting publishing news but couldn't share yet 😁

Totally missed this, I need to check bluesky more XD thank you for throwing my name out there!
I write adult queer paranormal romance books called The Bloodline Chronicles :)