Heather Morris 3 Book Set: The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey, Three Sister

Heather Morris’s three-book set brings together interconnected stories set during and after the Holocaust. Across these novels, the focus remains on survival, loyalty and the choices people are forced to make under extreme oppression.

Three Sisters follows Cibi, Magda and Livia, who promise their father they will stay together. Years later, when 15-year-old Livia is ordered to Auschwitz, Cibi follows her, determined to protect her sister as they endure cruelty and hardship. The Tattooist of Auschwitz centres on Lale Sokolov, who arrives at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942 and is assigned to tattoo prisoners; when he meets Gita, he becomes determined that they will both survive. Cilka’s Journey begins with sixteen-year-old Cilka Klein’s deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and continues after liberation when she is accused of collaboration and sent by the Russians to the Siberian prison camp of Vorkuta, inside the Arctic Circle.

Included titles

• Three Sisters
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz
• Cilka's Journey

Key details

• Three-book set by Heather Morris
• Includes Three Sisters, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey
• Stories set in and around Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Includes a narrative continuing after liberation to Vorkuta in Siberia

Synopses

Three Sisters

As children, Cibi, Magda and Livia promise their father they will remain together. When Livia is ordered to Auschwitz at 15, Cibi follows, determined to keep that promise. Together, they fight to survive through cruelty and hardship.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrives in Auschwitz-Birkenau and is given the job of tattooing prisoners marked for survival. When he sees Gita waiting to be tattooed, he is determined not only to survive, but to ensure she does too.

Cilka's Journey

Sixteen-year-old Cilka Klein is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, where the Commandant forces her separation from the other women prisoners. After liberation, she is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to the brutal prison camp of Vorkuta in Siberia, inside the Arctic Circle.