{"product_id":"little-bird-of-auschwitz-how-my-mother-escaped-death-and-found-our-family-9781473646445","title":"Little Bird of Auschwitz: How My Mother Escaped Death and Found Our Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eJacques Peretti's mother, Alina Peretti, was one of thirteen thousand non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz during the Second World War. She has been diagnosed with dementia and Jacques is racing against time to record her memories and preserve her family's story. He learns long-hidden secrets about his mother's family and gains an understanding of her through retracing her past. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 19 January 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bird, that nickname, it wasn't mine. I found out later, he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. Little Bird didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of little birds, just like me, all thinking they were the only one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in scattered fragments throughout his childhood, that he never thought to investigate. The story of how his mother survived Auschwitz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the few last months of the Second World War, thirteen-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of thirteen thousand non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz. Her experiences there cast a shadow over the rest of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow ninety, Alina has been diagnosed with dementia. Together, mother and son begin a race against time to record her memories and preserve her family's story. Along the way, Jacques learns long-hidden secrets about his mother's family. He gains an understanding of his mother through retracing her past, learning more about the woman who would never let him call her \"Mum.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bird, that nickname, it wasn't mine. I found out later, he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. Little Bird didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of little birds, just like me, all thinking they were the only one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in scattered fragments throughout his childhood, that he never thought to investigate. The story of how his mother survived Auschwitz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the few last months of the Second World War, thirteen-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of thirteen thousand non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz. Her experiences there cast a shadow over the rest of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow ninety, Alina has been diagnosed with dementia. Together, mother and son begin a race against time to record her memories and preserve her family's story. Along the way, Jacques learns long-hidden secrets about his mother's family. He gains an understanding of his mother through retracing her past, learning more about the woman who would never let him call her \"Mum.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bird, that nickname, it wasn't mine. I found out later, he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. Little Bird didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of little birds, just like me, all thinking they were the only one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in scattered fragments throughout his childhood, that he never thought to investigate. The story of how his mother survived Auschwitz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the few last months of the Second World War, thirteen-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of thirteen thousand non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz. Her experiences there cast a shadow over the rest of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow ninety, Alina has been diagnosed with dementia. Together, mother and son begin a race against time to record her memories and preserve her family's story. Along the way, Jacques learns long-hidden secrets about his mother's family. He gains an understanding of his mother through retracing her past, learning more about the woman who would never let him call her \"Mum.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bird, that nickname, it wasn't mine. I found out later, he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. Little Bird didn't mean anything. It was a trick. There were thousands of little birds, just like me, all thinking they were the only one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in scattered fragments throughout his childhood, that he never thought to investigate. The story of how his mother survived Auschwitz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the few last months of the Second World War, thirteen-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of thirteen thousand non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz. Her experiences there cast a shadow over the rest of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow ninety, Alina has been diagnosed with dementia. Together, mother and son begin a race against time to record her memories and preserve her family's story. Along the way, Jacques learns long-hidden secrets about his mother's family. He gains an understanding of his mother through retracing her past, learning more about the woman who would never let him call her \"Mum.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Bird, that nickname, it wasn't mine. I found out later, he gave it to every little girl that came in to be injected. Little Bird didn't mean anything. It was a trick. 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