Where Butterflies Go

by Debra Doxer

IndieReader Discovery Award Winner for Best Historical Fiction

IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist for Outstanding Historical Fiction

Meira Sokolow had the misfortune of being born to Jewish parents in Warsaw, Poland, in 1912. Before she took her first breath, her fate had been sealed.

Residing in the Jewish Quarter of the city, Meira's early life was typical. She fell in love with a local boy, got married, and had a daughter. Then the German army marched into Warsaw and everything changed. Forced into the ghetto with her family, she found survival to be a daily struggle. Hunger, disease, and unimaginable cruelty were her stark realities. When the ghetto was purged and she was sent to a concentration camp, Meira still had her family, and that was all that mattered. Then the camp was liquidated, and only a handful of survivors remained out of thousands. Meira Sokolow was one of them.

No longer a wife or mother, Meira emigrated to New York City. After World War II, the world wanted to move on and start a new chapter, but Meira couldn't turn the page so easily. She walked through her days alone, like a ghost with nothing to tether her to the earth. Then she met Max, a handsome American, who first mistook her for one of the boring socialites he encountered every day. He soon learned she was unlike anyone he had met before, seeing her strength and resilience, even when she couldn't. Max knew he could breathe life into her again, if only she would let him.

Based on the harrowing true story of one woman's survival during the Nazi occupation of Poland, and her struggle to find meaning in the aftermath.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HGRZS7K
• ISBN13: 9798682239337
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Historical Fiction

WOW...I am sitting here crying after just finishing this book, but I wanted to write this review when my feelings are fresh. This is a historical fiction that the first half took place in Poland, but the second half takes place in United States. This book is told by Meira the main character. This historical fiction does not jumps time instead it tells her life starting in 1912 through the WWII and after the war. This book was written so beautifully, and the characters came to life as you read the book. The events and hard ships that Meira went through during this book you felt like you where there with her. I cried and I laughed while I was reading this book. I have read a ton of Historical Fiction, but this is one of the best written and one of my one favorites. I have to say I like to go into book without knowing a lot about them, so I mainly pick up books by their covers. I have to say this book has been sitting on my Netgalley shelf because I had forgotten this was historical fiction. The cover made me think this book was a Thriller, and I just had not be in the mood to read a thriller. After I have read the book I understand the cover and I think it goes with the book, but I still feel the cover as I thriller feel to it. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.