My mother Maria (extreme right), pregnant with me, with some of the other residents of a Displaced Persons camp in Weiden, Germany, probably in 1946. I am so humbled by the way my memoir seems to have touched so many people. Thank you to all those people who have taken the trouble to write to me after reading The Golden Daughter .  Lyn wrote to say: "Thank you for creating this deeply emotional tribute to your mother and family. I knew nothing of the Nazi slaves even though I am a prolific...

Ah, 2025! You were good to me.  I wrote a book, The Golden Daughter , and had the joy of seeing it published by The House of Anansi Press, Canada’s prestigious - and oldest - independent publisher.  Writing my book led me to my birth father’s grave in Northern Ontario. All my life, I never knew who he was, nor what happened to him. Finding his grave led to finding my family in Poland, a family I never knew I had. My mother never told me anything of my father and his family. I only found out...

Where did the time go? It’s almost Christmas and 2026 is lurking around the corner. To say this was an eventful year would be a massive understatement. I wrote a book. I was published. And I set off on a tour of radio and tv stations, book stores and book clubs, to promote The Golden Daughter . Not bad. My heart is full of gratitude for Neil, who’s been with me every step of the way; for my publisher, House of Anansi Press, who took a chance on me; and to you, all the wonderful folks who...