a daring escape

November 16, 2019 by Pamela Black 1 Comment

An Early Black Friday Book Sale!!!

Hi Friend!

In honor of Veteran’s Day last Monday, I’m doing an early Black Friday sale on my WWII novels! I was honored to interview so many veterans. I love being able to share their true stories. These Christian novels are perfect for those who love historical fiction and for teens who want to learn more about World War II. They’re perfect for homeschoolers, too … bringing history to life!

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Arms of Deliverance .99 https://amzn.to/358Pmgg

Night Song .99 https://amzn.to/2NQkE5U

Remembering You .99 https://amzn.to/358W0Ds

A Valley of Betrayal .99 https://amzn.to/2CLe9uT

A Shadow of Treason .99 https://amzn.to/2CR5jMc

A Whisper of Freedom .99 https://amzn.to/2KsUaFD

A Secret Courage $1.99 https://amzn.to/32OrBJ3

And there’s more too!

A Christmas Gift for Rose $2.99 https://amzn.to/2rQkt1X

The Swiss Courier $4.99 https://amzn.to/33Pgm4e

Chasing Mona Lisa $4.99 https://amzn.to/2NUGZiw

A Daring Escape $6.99 https://amzn.to/2qUHn7Y

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I was so honored to interview wonderful WWII veterans. I love being able to share their stories!

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July 24, 2019 by Tricia Goyer 19 Comments

Writer Wednesday with Tricia Goyer

Today on Writer Wednesday we welcome Tricia Goyer, author of A Daring Escape.

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On today's Writer Wednesday, Tricia Goyer shares a little of the real life story behind A Daring Escape. — On today’s Writer Wednesday, Tricia Goyer shares a little of the real life story behind A Daring Escape.

Writer Wednesday with Tricia Goyer: Inside A Daring Escape

If you ever happen to find yourself in the Liverpool Street Station in London be sure to check out the polished bronze statue of five children. Those children were part of the Kindertransport, a unique rescue program. Between 1938-1939 approximately 10,000 children (mostly Jewish) were sent from their homes and families in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain.

This year I wrote one of those true stories. Thomas’ book Twice-Rescued Child will be released in October.

These are photos of a happier time when Thomas was still with his family. Sadly they lost their lives in concentration camps.

But even before I wrote Thomas’ true story, I wrote a novel about this time in history. A Daring Escape is a gripping tale of hope, self-sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting love overcoming unspeakable hate.

As the threat of World War II looms on the horizon, American Amity Mitchell is living a comfortable life abroad as a tutor in England. Life changes when an urgent telegram arrives from her brother, Andrew, summoning her to Prague. Nazi forces tighten their grip on the country, and Andrew’s efforts to help Jewish children escape Czechoslovakia grow desperate. Children’s lives are at risk. Amity knows she can’t ignore God’s call to join her brother’s cause.

Amity’s boss, Clark, arrives in Prague, urging her to return. Soon, he too finds himself helping prepare kindertransports bound for the safety of England. With the sound of German tanks rumbling over cobblestone streets, Amity and Clark race to save innocent lives. Will their prayers for deliverance be answered?

Amity means “friendship and peace,” and her name reminded me of John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”

I’m in awe of those who risked their lives to save children in World War II.

I am thankful for those who stepped forward and risked everything to protect children. I’m also able I’ve been able to share these stories in both memoir and within the pages of a novel.

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Tricia Goyer, author of A Daring Escape

Tricia Goyer writes out of her passion for God and her love for family and others. The author of more than 70 books, she writes both historical fiction and nonfiction related to family and parenting.

This USA-Today Best-selling Author has also won a two Carol Awards and a Retailer’s Best Award. She was also an ECPA Gold-Medallion Nominee and a Christy Award Nominee and won Writer of the Year from the Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conference.

Tricia’s contemporary and historical novels feature strong women overcoming great challenges. She recreates historic wartime eras with precise detail through comprehensive research and is a beloved author of Amish fiction, as well, having written the Big Sky and Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series.

Whether for fiction or nonfiction, Tricia’s writing style is vivid and heartwarming, allowing readers to take home more than engaging stories, but also messages that inspire faith and hope. Her goal is to write stories that matter.

Tricia is a popular conference speaker. She has spoken at events such as MomCon, Raising Generations, and Teach Them Diligently conferences and been interviewed by numerous national TV and radio programs and magazines. Her new podcast, Walk It Out, can be found on iTunes or downloaded on any podcasting app. Whether through writing, blogging, speaking or podcast, Tricia loves sharing messages of inspiration and hope.

A homeschooling mom of ten, including seven by adoption, Tricia is also a grandmother of four and wife to John. With a busy life she understands the importance of making every word count.

More about A Daring Escape

Danger Closes In.Can the Children be Rescued?

A Daring Escape is a gripping tale of hope, self-sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting love overcoming unspeakable hate.

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March 6, 2018 by Tricia Goyer Leave a Comment

The True Story Behind A DARING ESCAPE + Meet me!

I remember the first time I heard about children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia during WWII. I was on my first mission trip to the Czech Republic, and I told the Czech pastors that we were working with that I was interested in World War II. They took us to various sites around their village and a memorial to the Jews there who were lost during the war.

Later, back at our hosts’ home, Gabi—the pastor’s wife—told us about a man she knew who was rescued as a child during the war. Thomas was just 8-years-old when his mother put him on a train headed to England to save his life. The story stuck with me for years, even when I was busy writing other books.

And then I came across this video. Watch it, and you’ll get chills!

I love stories about what ONE person can do!

This is the novel that I wanted to write for years, and I’m thankful that I was able to share this amazing story. I cried real tears as I wrote, imagining what it would be like to put my children on a train—knowing I would never see them again—waiting to save their lives.

Here is a review of A Daring Escape from Amazon:

I’ve been a longtime fan of Tricia’s historical fiction. This one doesn’t disappoint. We see a heartbreaking, intriguing, and inspiring facet of WWII as refugees and ordinary heroes work together to survive in Czechoslovakia. I love historical fiction that makes me do my own research to learn more. This story did just that.

As an author, I love to be able to highlight true moments in history. Even more amazing is to be able to highlight true people.

You can listen in to a conversation between me and Thomas on my #WALKITOUT Podcast episode:

Interview with Thomas Graumann

More about A Daring Escape

Danger Closes In.Can the Children be Rescued?

A Daring Escape is a gripping tale of hope, self-sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting love overcoming unspeakable hate.

Purchase a copy of A Daring Escape
Paperback | Kindle

Meet Tricia!!

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January 10, 2018 by Tricia Goyer Leave a Comment

Inspiration behind A Daring Escape

Inspiration Behind A Daring Escape

Growing up I never had a desire to be a missionary. In fact in church when missionaries to share I always prayed that I wouldn’t feel God’s tap on the shoulder. Honestly, I didn’t want to leave my comfort zone.

Then God tricked me. Okay, not really, but my first venture into the world was when I joined two writer friends on a research trip through Europe. I was going for fun, but God had something else in mind. He wanted to show me the needs of others—mainly the need for Him.

Our research trip was all exotic foods, souvenir buying, and sightseeing until we drove out of the Czech Republic on the day before I was due to leave Europe. Upon exiting the country I witnessed something that rocked me to the core. There were young women standing in the misty rain on the side of the road leading out of the country, they were wearing thin dresses and holding umbrellas. When I asked my European friend, Anne, about it she told me they were prostitutes. Prostitution was illegal in Austria, and so these young women would stand on the roads near the borders, waiting for men to come across the borders and take them into the woods.

At that moment my heart was crushed. I couldn’t wrap my mind around what these beautiful women had to face on a daily basis. Those women—and the need for Christ’s truth in that country—stayed on my heart for years, and when my first three children entered the teen years I felt God nudging me to lead a mission trip there.

My husband, John, and I led the trip of 19 people—mostly teens—to the Czech Republic in 2009, having never even been on a mission trip before. We worked with the most amazing Czech church, and one night during a conversation with the pastor’s wife we got on the topic of World War II.

I was writing WWII novels at the time, and as we talked about what Czechoslovakia had faced during the war—being invaded by the Germans and all of the Jews being taken to concentration camps—Gabi, the pastor’s wife gasped, “Oh, you have to talk to Thomas Grauman. He was rescued as a young Jewish child when his mother put him on a train and sent him to the United Kingdom. He was saved, but his whole family was killed in concentration camps.”

As Gabi continued to share that night, it was the first time I’d heard of Nicholas Winton and his efforts to rescue the Jewish children of the Czech Republic. He was a mere man who heard of the need to help to get Jewish children out of the country, rolled up his sleeves and saved 669 of them, including Thomas.

At the time Gabi told me about Thomas I was busy with book contracts, and then John and I added to that busyness by adopting seven kids. But the story of the trains carrying children out of Czechoslovakia didn’t leave me, and “find Thomas Grauman” was on my to-do list for at least seven years.

Then came the moment when everything changed. When thinking about what novel I just “had to write” next, the story of the children on the trains rose to the surface. I got a contract for two World War II novels, and the second one A Daring Escape shares this story.

A Daring Escape was just published. It’s hot off the press and it’s available online or at local Christian bookstores. But writing that book was only the first part of my connection with this story. Just as exciting—or even more exciting—I found Thomas. Gabi was able to track down his contact information and out of the blue, I emailed him, “I’m an author. I’d love to talk to you. I’m writing a novel about children rescued during World War II, but I’d love to write your story too.”

You can listen in to a conversation between me and Thomas on the latest #WALKITOUT Podcast episode HERE (or by clicking the link below):

More about A Daring Escape — the story inspired by children being carried out of Czechoslovakia on trains:

Danger Closes In. Can the Children be Rescued?

A Daring Escape is a gripping tale of hope, self-sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting love overcoming unspeakable hate.

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | CBD

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