‘ Meticulously researched, powerful and incredibly moving,’
Better Reading
‘ Even in a genre defined by its outrageous, and often heart-breaking twists of tragedy and fortune, a new book recounting one Jewish family’s daring escape from wartime Poland has left both the general public and critics enthralled,’
The First News, Poland
‘ The book reads like a historical drama, thick with intensity and marked by horrifying prison scenes, night-time hideouts in the forest and other miraculous feats of survival. Smethurst is a compassionate, sharp writer, offering a unique angle of the war too often described only by men on the front line,’
Jessie Tu, The Age/SMH
Better Reading –
‘A terrific, richly rewarding reading experience.’
AMAZON –
‘I loved this book, such an inspirational story’
‘Margaret Harrod’s compelling life experience is a truth we all need to understand.’
Chrissie Foster, author Hell on the Way to Heaven.
4.5/5 stars,
GOODREADS –
‘Picked it up yesterday and didn’t put it down until I finished it.’
3.5/4 stars,
GOODREADS –
‘Amazing & remarkable’
4/5 stars,
AMAZON –
‘Couldn’t put it down’
‘A story of extraordinary bravery, resilience and love that needed to be told.’
Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
‘We haven’t had a WWII book with this much potential in years,’
Ruth Ellis WH Smith
‘ What endures most throughout The Freedom Circus us an abiding sense of love,’
The AU Review