The Star on the Grave
by Linda Margolin Royal
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Pub Date Jan 30 2024 | Archive Date Jan 30 2024
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Description
A novel inspired by 'the Japanese Schindler', written by a woman who owes him her life.
In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his own government and secretly issues thousands of visas to Jewish refugees desperate to flee. After the war, Sugihara is dismissed and disappears into obscurity.
Three decades later, in Australia, Rachael Margol, her father and her grandmother live disconnected from one another and haunted by unspoken tragedies. When Rachel announces her engagement to a Greek Orthodox man, it detonates a long-held secret. The Margols are actually the Margolins: they are Jewish, and her family has concealed their identity from her and the world. But why? As Rachel struggles to understand this deception, an opportunity arrives to visit Chiune Sugihara, the man who risked his life to save them during World War II. Rachel becomes determined to meet him, but will a journey to Japan, and the secrets it uncovers, heal the Margolins or fracture them for good?
An extraordinary novel inspired by the true story of Chiune Sugihara, and the thousands of people – including the author – who owe him their lives.
A Note From the Publisher
She trained as a graphic designer and then copywriter, and spent 30 years in the advertising industry both in Australia and the US, writing TV, radio and press for major multinationals. Her first instinct was to write her family's story as a film, which is currently in development; and the book grew organically from this screenplay.
Linda's creative bent extends to abstract painting and drawing from live models – skills she has carried through life from her time in design school.
The Star on the Grave is her first novel.
Marketing Plan
- Think The Tattooist of Auschwitz (380k on bookscan) meets Booker Prize-winner Schindler's Ark
- Fiction set between war-torn Lithuania, Australia and Japan, based on the author's own family history and with support from Chiune Sugihara's son, Nobuki
- A screenplay currently in the works by Nico Lathouris (co-screenwriter on Mad Max: Fury Road) with support from Screen Australia and Screen NSW [confirm embargo end date]
- Will have a huge marketing and publicity campaign kicking off on World Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781922930392 |
PRICE | A$34.99 (AUD) |
PAGES | 320 |
Available on NetGalley
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