It’s Christmas Eve and I am excited as ever to see what bookish gifts are sitting under the Christmas tree. Hopefully I’ve been a good girl this year and the book fairy has rewarded me greatly! My mother, very kindly has bought me two;
Life in a Jar by Jack Mayer. This is the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic support worker who organised a rescue network to save 2,500 children and babies from the Warsaw Ghetto by smuggling them out in her travel bag. Even training a dog to bark so the SS guards would not hear the babies cry. An inspirational story of a Polish heroine. Without her help, those children and babies she saved were destined for a dark future, including death.
Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally, this is the book of the infamous film Schindler’s List. This book tells the story of a German industrialist, Oskar Schindler who helped to protect Jews in Nazi – occupied Poland.
Both of these books have been on my wish-list for months, I can’t wait to read them. It just shows that, it doesn’t matter how dark life has become, there is always kindness. In the wise words of Albus Dumbledore:
‘It’s not our abilities that show who we really are. It is our choices’
There are a few more reads I would like this year, these are just some of them! Fingers crossed the book fairy can hear me, so I don’t need to break my book buying ban. We’ll always have audio!
What’s on your bookish Christmas list? I would love to know! Have you rung any of the ones I’ve wished? Admit it, they look beautiful!
Whatever you’re reading this Christmas and whatever books you receive,
The Reading Closet 