Erika Robuck’s heart-stopping new World War II drama, Sisters of Night and Fog, was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by BuzzFeed, BookBub, Book Trib and more! It tells the story of two very different women with a common cause.

Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today, international bestselling author Erika Robuck talks about her spell binding historical fiction, based on the extraordinary true stories of an American socialite and a British secret agent whose stunning acts of courage collide in the darkest hours of World War II.

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First up is Kiwi bestselling historical fiction author Deborah Challinor who talks about her new book The Leonard Girls, a story about two sisters and the Vietnam war years of the late sixties. Nurse Rowie Leonard is pro war. Her younger sister Jo is a protestor and they're both in Vietnam.  As the sisters grapple with love, loss and the stresses and sorrows of war, each will be forced to confront and question everything they've believed in. 

As usual all the links to things mentioned in the podcast are available in the show notes for this episode on the website www.thejoysofbingereading.com.

Links for this episode

Nacht Und Nebel: https://wordhistories.net/2020/12/09/nacht-und-nebel/

Virginia d’Albert Lake: https://francetoday.com/culture/remembrance/an-american-heroine/

Violet Szabo:  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/behind-enemy-lines-with-violette-szabo-1896571/

Erika Robuck book links:

Hemingway’s Girl: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13485500-hemingway-s-girlThe Invisible Woman: http://www.erikarobuck.com/The-Invisible-Woman.htmlCarve Her Name with Pride (1958 movie about Violet Szabo)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carve_Her_Name_with_PrideSpecial Operations Executive (SOE): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_ExecutivePaula McLain:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/290189.Paula_McLain

What Erika’s Reading:

The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55711683-the-forest-of-vanishing-stars

The Last Checkmate by Gabriella Saab https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56922702-the-last-checkmate

That Summer in Berlin by Lecia Cornwall:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634184/that-summer-in-berlin-by-lecia-cornwall/

A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677123/a-dress-of-violet-taffeta-by-tessa-arlen/

Where to find Erika

Website: http://www.erikarobuck.com/

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @erobuckauthor

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-robuck-78906211/

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/erobuck

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErikaRobuck

What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation,