Wed 18 Nov · 6:15pm
Woollahra Library at Double Bay · Double Bay
a hugely read author on her new wartime novel, drink included
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Copies of The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse will be available for purchase on the day from Gertrude & Alice Bookstore.
About the book
In 1942, the Nazis came for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, the eleven-year-old daughter fled to the only person she trusted: her piano teacher…
Inspired by real events and people, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse tells the story of piano teacher and French Resistance operative, Andrée Levallois, and the young girl she risks everything for.
With the authorities closing in, Andrée and the girl are caught in a desperate race to stay alive. Soon, they are separated, and so starts Andrée's fight for survival. She is determined to return and honour her promise to save the girl who has been entrusted to her care.
About the author
Heather Morris’s life changed in 2003 when she met Lale Sokolov, an elderly man with ‘a story to tell’. It formed the basis of her first novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and its follow-ups, Cilka’s Journey and Three Sisters, and began a lifelong interest in the retelling of true stories. In 2023 she published Sisters Under the Rising Sun, based on the experiences of women held in Japanese POW camps during World War II. Heather’s books have sold over 19 million copies worldwide and been translated into over 50 languages. The Tattooist of Auschwitz, one of the 21st century’s bestselling books, was made into an acclaimed…
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When is Author Talk: Heather Morris with The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse?
Wed 18 Nov 2026, 6:15pm.
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Woollahra Library at Double Bay, Double Bay, NSW.
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