About the Author

Jo Ann Bender is passionate about writing and lives a mountain lifestyle conducive to creative pursuits. Bender grew up in Iowa and now runs the rustic Lazy Bee bed and breakfast in the mountains of eastern Washington State.

Author events:

 

August 26, 2010

 

Segments will be dramatized at 7 p.m. in the Garden Room of the

Colville Public Library.

 

September 29, 2010

 

Jo Ann is back again at Aunties Bookstore at 7 p.m.   This time, however, woven in-between the dramatized segments will be the history of the time which led to one of the most secret and mysterious of all Nazi programs.

 

The Week of October 18-24, 2010

 

Events in the San Francisco/San Rafael area are now being

planned.

 

2011

 

Last week of April will find Jo Ann in Iowa, followed the next week by presentations in the St. Louis area.

 

 

Author Seeks Missing Children: Looking for those born in a Lebensborn before and during WWII.

In Lebensborn, author Jo Ann Bender introduces us to the concept of “Lebensborn,” a network of maternity homes designed to service the SS during WWII. You will be riveted by this heart-wrenching story of a young French woman, Antoinette, whose home is taken over by SS officers. She is forced to act as a servant in her own house and live in the attic. Eventually, Antoinette succumbs to the advances of the charming but cruel Major Reinhart, but plans to use him to gain information she can pass on to the French resistance. The pregnancy that results from her union with the Major leads him to discard her and send her to a Lebensborn. You will be spellbound as you follow Antoinette’s difficult journey out of the Lebensborn and into an SS party house, where she is to act as chef. And you will be captivated as Antoinette’s yearning for freedom leads her to a downed British pilot whom she plans to rescue. While Antoinette is forced to join in the depravity of an SS party, and while she suffers at the hands of the Gestapo after her capture, she teaches us to cling to hope when all else seems lost. Don’t miss this stirring story of love and faith in a time of war.

Soft Cover / 6 x 9 / 364 pages / $16.95

ISBN: 978-1-60911-450-3
ISBN / SKU: 1-60911-450-7

Kindle Version

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