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In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Barbara Krasner discusses her new middle grade novel, 37 Days at Sea: Aboard the M.S. St. Louis, 1939. It is a novel in verse about a refugee ship fleeing Nazi Germany for Cuba in 1939 with a thousand German-Jewish passengers on board. The story is told from the perspective of twelve-year old Ruthie, who is traveling with her parents. Barbara’s novel is based on the true story of the M.S. St. Louis, a refugee ship that was not permitted to dock in Havana and was forced to return to Europe. Barbara wanted to capture the child’s experience aboard the ship, and she did extensive research for this novel, including interviewing people who were children on board the real-life M.S. St. Louis in 1939. In this episode, I’ll chat with Barbara about her writing journey, how Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist inspired her to pursue writing, and how her novel, 37 Days at Sea, is a refugee story that is not too different from refugee stories today.
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HostStacey Horan, author and book lover, is the host of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet -- a podcast dedicated to helping book lovers discover new authors. Archives
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