Nonna's Secret Diary is an entertaining selection of eclectic short stories touching upon the romantic, historic, dramatic, and humorous, thereby offering a little something for each reader to enjoy. The majority of these stories are based on true events that the author, or others he personally knows, have experienced. Some names have been changed to protect the not so innocent.

Nonna Bannister carried a secret almost to her Tennessee grave: the diaries she had kept as a young girl experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust. This book reveals that story. Nonna’s childhood writings, revisited in her late adulthood, tell the remarkable tale of how a Russian girl from a family that had known wealth and privilege, then exposed to German labor camps, learned the value of human life and the importance of forgiveness. This story of loss, of love, and of forgiveness is one you will not forget.

The author documents her experiences during World War II through a secret diary she kept during her time in a concentration camp and the years following the war.

A New Jersey Girl's Humorous Romp Throughout Italy.

This sweeping historical novel from a bestselling author follows the lives of two generations of women, the secrets they keep, their sacrifices for love, and the heartbreaking betrayals they encounter--perfect for fans of Kelly Rimmer and Natasha Lester.​ Il Mulino. An old crumbling mill, by a winding river, nestled in the Tuscan mountains. An empty home that holds memories of homemade pasta and Nonna's stories by the fire, and later: the Nazi invasion, and a family torn apart by a heartbreaking betrayal. Anna is distraught when her beloved mother, Ines, passes away. She inherits a box of papers, handwritten in Italian and yellowed with age, and a tantalizing promise that the truth about what happened during the war lies within. The diaries lead Anna to the small village of Rofelle, where she slowly starts to heal as she explores sun-kissed olive groves, and pieces together her mother's past: memories of homemade pasta, Nonna's stories by the fire, and happy days spent herding sheep across Tuscan meadows cruelly interrupted when World War II erupted and the Nazis arrived. Her mother fleeing her home to join the Resistenza and risking everything to protect an injured British soldier who captured her heart. But Anna is no closer to learning the truth . . . What sent Ines running from her adored homeland? When she meets an elderly Italian gentleman living in a deserted hamlet, who flinches at her mother's name and refuses to speak English, Anna is sure he knows more about the devastating secret that tore apart her mother's family. But in this small Tuscan community, some wartime secrets were never meant to be uncovered . . .

Unique and personalized lined journal/diary for Grandmothers named Nonna. Nonna is the italian name for grandmother originating from Italy. Featuring 108 6x9" lightly lined pages, this book wants to be filled with your most precious thoughts, secrets, dreams, fears or future plans! Endless possibilities to use this notebook in your daily life. A great way to help you: Take notes in your daily life Remember favorite recipes Write a diary of moments to remember Keep on top of tasks & activities Stay organized with planning Travel notes Keep track of personal health & medications Noting down ideas for blog writing or other forms of writing And so much more... On the first page you find some extra space to write down a short summary of the contents of the notebook, the date range of the diary, or a personal dedication. Matching notebook for Nonno is available as well! (Italian term for Grandpa) Order your personal notebook now! Makes a great gift idea for every grandma named Nonna.

As a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of fifty years, earning herself the cherished nickname “Mama Daktari”—“Mother Doctor.” Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World War II Europe to Africa was a past marked by rebellion, submission, and personal decisions that earned her another nickname—this one sinister—while working as a “doctor” in a Nazi concentration camp. In Full Flight explores the question of whether it is possible to rewrite one’s past by doing good in the present, and takes readers on an extraordinary journey into a dramatic life punctuated by both courage and weakness and driven by a powerful need to atone.