Rights Information

Bloomsbury, US

Weltbild in Germany

Destino in Spain (pre-empt)

Rizzoli in Italy (at auction)

De Boekerij in the Netherlands (at auction)

Saída de Emêgencia in Portugal

Patakis in Greece (pre-empt)

Euromedia in the Czech Republic

Eksmo in Russia

Author Biography

Romek Wajsman, who changed his name to Robbie Waisman when he moved to Canada in 1949, is an accountant by training, a successful businessman and respected international speaker on topics of the holocaust, healing, reconciliation and forgiveness. Robbie has won numerous awards from universities, human rights organizations, community and Jewish groups around the world and has been recognized by the German, American and Canadian governments for his activism. Robbie is the recipient of the 2014 Governor General’s Caring Canada Award and is an Honorary Witness to the First Nation Truth and Reconciliation Committee. He holds Honorary doctorates of law from the University of Victoria.

Susan McClelland’s first book, Bite of the Mango, is published in more than 30 countries. It was a White Ravens International Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the American Library Association non-fiction, young adult book of the year. Her second, Every Falling Star, was an Indies Introduce Selection of the American Booksellers Association; Library Guild 2016 Fall Selection; and shortlisted for Japan’s top honour, the 2018 Sakura Medal. As a journalist, Susan has written for the Sunday Times Magazine, Glamour, Marie Claire, Ms. Magazine, The Walrus and The Guardian, as well as numerous other magazines and newspapers. Her stories have been adapted into documentaries for the CBC and BBC’s Panorama.