Three Sisters
A Novel
Heather Morris
From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story.
Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in Auschwitz, Nazi Germany's most notorious death camp. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have survived starvation, overwork, and the brutal whims of the guards in this place of horror together. But now as the Allies are closing in, the sisters have one last hurdle to face: the death march from Auschwitz as the Nazis try to erase any evience of the prisoners held there. Due to a stroke of luck, the three of them are able to escape formation and hide in the woods for days before being rescued.
This is where their story begins. From there the three sisters travel to Israel, their new home, but the battle for freedom takes on new forms. Livia, Madga, and Cibi must face the ghosts of their past--and some secrets that they have kept from one another--to find lasting peace and happiness.
Inspired by a true story, and with events that overlap with those of Lale, Gita, and Cilka, Three Sisters will hold a place in readers' hearts and minds as they experience what real courage is.
"Livia, Cibi and Magda promise their dying father they'll stick together- a vow later tested at Auschwitz, on a so-called death march and in the postwar era. A stunning novel based on the true story of sisters acquainted with the real-life subjects of Morris's 2018 bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz." —People
“Three Sisters … takes readers on an emotional roller coaster… As fascinating as the novel is, the story of how Morris came to discover the women whom she based her plot around is equally compelling.” —Hadassah Magazine
"Morris (The Tattooist of Auschwitz) follows the real-life Meller sisters, who all survived imprisonment at Auschwitz-Birkenau and a winter death march during WWII, in her extraordinary latest. Morris skillfully chronicles the lives of the sisters from childhood to old age, balancing fictional invention with extensive research and immersion into the Mellers’ lives. Readers will be greatly inspired by this story of resilience. —Publisher's Weekly (Starred review)
About the Author
Heather Morris is a New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based author whose books have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. In 2003, while working at a large public hospital in Melbourne, she met Lale Sokolov, an elderly man who confided the story of his time as a tattooist at Auschwitz-Birkenau and his love for a fellow prisoner, Gita. Their friendship inspired Morris's international bestselling debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2018), followed by Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters, completing the Tattooist trilogy. She has also written Stories of Hope, a reflection on her journey writing Lale's story, and the novel The Wish.