Join us for an evening with best selling author Shelly Sanders as we discuss her newest book The Night Witches.
Where: Cedar Canoe Books BRACEBRIDGE (22 Manitoba St)
When: Wednesday, November 25th @ 7pm
Tickets: $10
About Shelly Sanders
Shelly Sanders is the bestselling author of historical fiction celebrating unsung women entangled in underexplored historical events. Her works include, The Night Witches, The Night Sparrow, and Daughters of the Occupation. She is also the author of three acclaimed young-adult novels, informed by her grandmother’s escape from a Russian pogrom. Shelly, a journalist for 20 years, has also written essays for Writer’s Digest, LitHub, the Jewish Book Council’s PB Daily. She has been the Scholar-in-Residence at Beth Tikvah in Naples, Florida, and was awarded a fellowship at the Ventspils International Writer’s and Translators’ House. Born in Canada, Shelly was raised in Chicago and now lives in Ontario.
About the Book
A novel based on the true story of a daring all-female aviation bombing unit called the Night Witches, who inspired fear in German soldiers throughout WWII
1941: As the Nazis flatten her country, Maria Raskova, a record-breaking Russian flight navigator, receives permission to form the only all-female aviation regiment in the Second World War. From the start, the odds are against the women, who are forced to fly in deadly open-cockpit biplanes made of canvas and wood with a top speed of only ninety-four miles an hour.
After their most tragic night of the war, this group of brave women must overcome their grief and shaken confidence to complete their missions safely and prove their worth to their male counterparts, who have undermined the confidence of the women since they began training.
Told through the eyes of four female pilots and navigators in this unprecedented squadron, The Night Witches, inspired by real women and true events, is a story of these triumphant women in the face of staggering odds.
