The Fires of Lilliput: A Holocaust story of courage, resistance, and love

Product Description Shosha was Jewish. Jakub was Catholic. They resisted the Nazis together and survived the Holocaust. Now, the Vatican is investigating Jakub for sainthood and Shosha is the last living witness to his life.The Fires of Lilliput is the story she tells.AFTER REVIEWING HIS LIFE for nearly thirty years, the Vatican wants to declare Polish farmer and stigmatic Jakub Chelzak a Roman Catholic saint. His miraculous healings and Crucifixion wounds brought true believers—and die-hard skeptics—from across Europe during its darkest hour.But before the Pope can canonize Jakub, Vatican officials must hear from the most important eyewitness of all: Shosha Mordechai, then a young Warsaw resident, who disappeared with her family after she and Jakub helped each other live through the most ungodly hell in human history: the Nazi siege of Poland and the Soviet invasion that followed.No friend of the Jewish people during this time of their greatest need, the Vatican hierarchy is seeking not only Shosha’s testimony, but a major step toward reconciliation with her people. The archbishops and cardinals face an extraordinary situation: a Jewish Holocaust survivor the only living witness to the life of a Christian saint.The Fires of Lilliput is the story Shosha tells them, of indomitable spirits who survived the throes of war, through courage, suffering, and love.About the CoverED RICHARDSON created a striking abstraction of people at war: streaking bullets, flying glass shards that might also be wings in flight, the burning afterglow of cities under siege. An art director for such groundbreaking films as Badlands, Scarface, Cat People, and American Gigolo, Richardson also portrayed a journey across America’s waterways for the cover of William Least Heat-Moon’s bestseller, River-Horse. About the Author Michael Martin is a science, technology, and social justice journalist. For Science Magazine, Mike broke the story of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's attempt to gag his Chief Science Adviser over a climate change controversy. Other UK publications followed the piece, including The Independent and Daily Telegraph. After Mike profiled her mysterious seven-year disappearance for Psychology Today, famed evolutionary biologist Margie Profet reunited with her family when a reader reported her whereabouts to authorities.For the cover, Ed Richardson created a striking abstraction of the warring forces that savaged Europe during World War II. An art director for such groundbreaking films as Badlands, Scarface, Cat People, and American Gigolo, Richardson also portrayed a journey across America's waterways for the cover of William Least Heat-Moon's bestseller, River-Horse.