Join us for an exciting trip through time as we chat with \;New York Times \;bestselling historical fiction author Pam Jenoff about her newest book \;Code Name Sapphire! \;\n
In \;Code Name Sapphire\, A woman must rescue her cousin's fami ly from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of bravery and r esistance. \;
\nIt&rsquo\;s 1942 and Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé\; was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port\, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily\, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful f or her life\, Hannah is desperate to escape occupied Europe. But with no s afe way to leave\, she must return to the dangerous underground work she t hought she had left behind.
\nSeeking help\, Hannah joins the Sapphi re Line\, a secret resistance network led by a mysterious woman named Mich eline and her enigmatic brother Mateo. But when a grave mistake causes Lil y&rsquo\;s family to be arrested and slated for deportation to Auschwitz\, Hannah finds herself torn between her loyalties. How much is Hannah willi ng to sacrifice to save the people she loves? Inspired by incredible true stories of courage and sacrifice\, \;Code Name Sapphire \;is a pow erful novel about love\, family and the unshakable resilience of women in even the hardest of times.
\nAbout the Author: \;Pam Jenoff was born in Maryland and raised outside Philadelphia. She attended George Wash ington University in Washington\, D.C.\, and Cambridge University in Engla nd. Upon receiving her master&rsquo\;s in history from Cambridge\, she acc epted an appointment as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Fo llowing her work at the Pentagon\, Pam moved to the State Department. Pam left the Foreign Service in 1998 to attend law school and graduated from t he University of Pennsylvania. She now teaches law school at Rutgers.
\ nPam is the \;NYT \;bestselling author of \;The Woman With The Blue Star\, \;The Lost Girls of Paris\, \;The Orphan&rsquo\;s Tale\, \;The Kommandant&rsquo\;s Girl\, \;The Diplomat&rsquo\;s Wi fe\, \;The Ambassador&rsquo\;s Daughter\, \;The Last Summer at Che lsea Beach\, \;The Winter Guest\, \;The Things We Cherished\, \;Almost Home\, and \;A Hidden Affair. She also authored a short story in the anthology \;Grand Central: Original Postwar Stories of Love an d Reunion. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband\, three childre n\, dog\, cat\, lizard and bird.
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