Book Giveaway: What I Would Tell You by Liz Tolsma
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This week’s book giveaway is for the inspirational dual time line romance book What I Would Tell You by Liz Tolsma.
What is this book about?
1941—The pounding of Nazi boots on the streets of Salonika, Greece, reverberates in Mathilda Nissim’s ears, shaking her large community of Sephardic Jews to its core and altering her life forever. If only her people would rise up and resist their captors. At great risk to herself and those around her, she uses the small newspaper she publishes to call them to action, all to no avail. Her husband encourages her to trust God to watch over them, but God has once again deserted His people. Amid the chaos, Mathilda discovers she’s expecting a longed-for child. Still, nothing stops the occupiers’ noose from tightening around their necks, and she may have to resort to desperate measures to ensure her daughter’s survival.
2019—College student Tessa Payton and her cousin take a popular DNA heritage test only to discover they don’t share any common ancestors. In fact, the test reveals Tessa is a Greek Sephardic Jew. This revelation threatens her tenuous faith. Always the overlooked child in her family, she empties her savings account and jets off on a journey to Greece to discover where she belongs and which God demands her allegiance. The enchanting curator at the Jewish museum guides her as she navigates life in Thessaloniki, helps with her genealogical research, and loans her a fascinating journal written by a Jewish woman during WWII. Tessa’s search, however, may open old wounds and uncover long-hidden secrets that could fracture her family forever and leave her with more questions than when she started.
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The comment requirement for this giveaway is: What is the most surprising or interesting thing you know about your ancestry?
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26 Comments
Linda Moffitt
Sadly I don’t know anything about it
Loraine
Thanks for commenting Linda. 🙂
Elizabeth Litton
I have a lot of English and German ancestry, plus some Irish. I also know that I’m related to Martin Luther. 😀
Loraine
Interesting. Thanks for sharing Elizabeth. 🙂
Maryann
I found out one of our relatives was a Union soldier in the Civil War
Loraine
So interesting Maryann. Thanks for sharing with us. 🙂
Gail Hollingsworth
My paternal grandmother did an extensive search and followed a few generations back and I have the list.
My great grandmother who raised three boys, her husband (my great grandfather) was killed in the back of their house when a gun accidentally went off. She was in the kitchen at the time cooking supper. What a shock! I have a picture of them together.
Loraine
Wow, that could be a movie, couldn’t it Gail? Thanks for sharing with us. 🙂
Alison Boss
I don’t know much as I was adopted. I do know that I am half Swiss, 1/4 English, and 1/4 German.
Loraine
Thanks for sharing Alison. 🙂
Faith Creech
A few years ago my hubby and I were on a mission trip to Poland. I knew my grandparents were from Poland and that my grandfather preached in a church in a small town there. While we were there we tried to find that town but couldn’t. We asked the girl who worked at the front desk and she said she would do research for us. She came back to us the next day all excited saying she found the town in Ukraine. We hired drivers to take us there Nee we got to see the church ( which was still standing but mostly deer by the Soviets) that my grandparents attended and preached in. It was a real miracle.
Loraine
Wow, what a great thing that must have been to be able to see that Faith. Thanks for sharing with us. 🙂
Paty Hinojosa
That I have sefardite Jewish ancestry!
Loraine
Really Paty? Wow. Sounds like this book would be a perfect read for you then. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Natalya Lakhno
I was really surprised to see 0.2% of Jewish in my ancenstry composition when I did the test.
Loraine
That’s interesting Natalya. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Perrianne Askew
I know that on My Mom’s side I’m Belgian and Scotch-Irish. I know even less about my Dad’s side except that they are likely Dutch judging by their last name. Oddly enough, this was found out by my cousin who is a nurse-practitioner who was told by a patient that the name is definitely Dutch.
Loraine
Thanks for sharing with us Perrianne. 🙂
bn100
not sure
Loraine
Thanks for commenting bn100. 🙂
Nancy
Background is mostly French (France, Canada) but my son had his done from a kit the in-laws gave them, so I have mine, which is: 48% England & Northwestern Europe, 31% France, 9% Wales, 7% Ireland, 3% Norway, 1% Sardinia & 1% Indigenous Americas
Loraine
Thanks for sharing that with us Nancy. 🙂
Sarah Evankovich
I’m really into geneology & researching my ancestry. While doing this, I came across a newspaper article about my Great Grandfather who was a dentist for the mob where a malatov cocktail was tossed in his driveway & while he was in the hospital the police interviewed him asking who did it & all he would say is that he would get back at the people who did it.
Loraine
Wow, that is really interesting Sarah. Thanks for sharing with us. 🙂
Lisa Harness
Nothing surprising. Kin to Johnny Cash
Loraine
Thanks for commenting Lisa. 🙂