Odyssey
Mark Williams
international bestselling author
British ex-pat writing beneath picture post-card blue skies in West Africa
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The year 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. And with it, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust.
2020 will mark the 75th anniversary of these events.
As we approach 2020 the last veterans of the Second World War have all but left us, and in the not too distant future the last living souls old enough to have any memory of those events will pass on.
World War II and the Holocaust will fade, literally, from living memory and become, in every sense of the word, history.
The characters in this story are fictional. The events we call the Holocaust were very, very real.
As we countdown to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World war II, we shall remember them.
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Mark Williams
The following are from verified purchase reviews on the sites of some of the world’s biggest book retailers.
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Probably the most powerful ending to a book I have ever read... the book was both beautiful and horrifying... an amazing read, a sobering story.
Passionate and Powerful Story. After just finishing Anca's story, I am sat heartbroken, not because this story is real, it is of course fiction, but for the fact that the Holocaust happened. This is a story of determination, courage and love of 3 children from 2 different backgrounds. The book is beautifully written, with extremely likeable characters. It is not a book I would normally choose but I have been blown away by how powerful a story it is.
Heart wrenching, truly amazing! The story totally captivated me, drawing me in on the children's journey with them. A book so emotive that it had me in tears not just for the children in the story but for the people that had suffered the story for real. I haven't been so emotionally effected by a book before in all the years I have been reading.
Holocaust Tears. Anca's Story is an emotionally charged book. It sucked me in as Anca began to relate her World War II experiences to modern school children. From nearly the first I have been in tears, both for joy and for sorrow.
Powerful beyond words! What a powerful and breathtaking story, it keeps you hooked from the first page. A beautifully written book.
Once in a while you come across something special. Anca's Story is definitely one of those. It brings back to us the horrors of the Holocaust seen through the eyes of a young girl who touches our hearts in every way possible.
Harrowing and gripping. This novel was so different from every other I've read about the holocaust. I can't do this book justice in a review and am tripping over my words trying to explain it – in a nutshell...AMAZING
This story shocked me to my core.
A very moving story and one that kept my interest. I wanted to shout out to Anca and warn her... I couldn't put it down. I have read many books on this subject and must say this is one of the best so far. This book would make an excellent film, and I particularly liked the naivety of the young children and their journey.
This was a very moving true story. I found it almost impossible to put down. It is a well written and easily read book. I found myself moved to anger and to tears many times. I defy anyone to read this and not be moved by Anca’s Story.
This was such a powerful book about the Holocaust through the eyes of a 12 year old girl. I could not put it down. From start to finish every page was gripping made me cry. A must read.
I had to keep reminding myself this story was fictional. The book is so well written it is very believable. I have visited Auschwitz myself and found it very hard to walk round it. (The author) describes this place so well I felt I was walking round it all over again
Ought to be compulsory reading in schools. The book opens with the Survivor being mocked by an uninterested young person, but as Anca tells her story, respect for her incredible survival and moving on, after the war, is felt. Movingly told.
Very well written book. I would not hesitate to recommend it. It doesn't follow the usual lines that you would expect a Holocaust novel to take, but it encapsulates the feeling of the writer perfectly. I could not put it down.
This story told from a child's perspective, brings an alternative understanding of the horrors of the holocaust. It would be a good book for teenagers to read as they still have the ability to trust and could understand the naive determination of the children in the story. This is a book that should be available in schools.
This story begins and ends in the United Kingdom, although the key locations are in Romania and Poland.
The book was written by a British author using standard British-English spellings.
A reminder that this is a fictional memoir, although of course the Holocaust was tragically real.