Karolina's Twins: A Novel

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Through this association and many more, both Lena and Catherine begin to cherish the dogged ties that bind not only families and children, but the entirety of mankind. There is an exceptionally brave 89 year old woman named Lens, who was a friend of Bens from Once We Were Brothers.

Throw in the simpering relationship between the attorney and her investigator husband, and you've got one ridiculous story. Lena' s husband has died two years earlier and she can no longer wait to see what happened to her friend Karolina's twins. Every time I read about what happened to the Jews, during that time, I wonder if any of my ancestors suffered in those ways. The author goes between the holocaust and the present with great ease and blends the two worlds seamlessly. Husband and wife team, Liam and Catherine, a private investigator and attorney respectively are solicited by Lena to help her.This is where the story turns to a strong legal/historical fiction, a place where the author has proved he can handle both sides like a pro! So many people were forced to live in small areas, not just Jews from Chranow, but refugees from other towns. The owners are really nice and accommodating - anything we needed they were just a message away and responded really fast!

With a home from home atmosphere, you'll have a sofa-bed, TV and dining table in the open-plan lounge. Karolina was vivacious and beautiful, athletic and charismatic, and Lena has cherished the memory of their friendship her whole life. That said, I agree with a few other reviewers regarding the credibility as well as predictability of the plot.

Balson has a marvelous writing style and a knack for keeping readers interested by combining facts with human interest. There is good reason for that as the story, though fictional, is based on the real life experiences of a Holocaust survivor. But now something has resurfaced that Lena cannot ignore: an unfulfilled promise she made long ago that can no longer stay buried.

This book was based partly on a real life survivor of the holocaust who told her tale to the author.

Her son Arthur is disbelieving, not hearing of the twins at all, nor the promise Lena had made to Karolina to find the babies after the war until just 4 years before, shortly before the death of his father David. In many salons, the time booked for a treatment will include the consultation, meaning that the actual treatment time is reduced. The writing itself is immaculate, the story gripping, with impeccable characterisation and believable, realistic dialogue.