"We might have to run at any time." with Author Audrey Birnbaum-American Wolf: From Nazi Refugee to American Spy. S3 EPS43

"American Wolf: From Nazi Refugee to American Spy" is available to pre-order online including via Amazon on September 15, 2023. This book is a riveting and inspiring book It is the true story of Audrey Birnbaum's father, Jack Wolf Schwersenz, his family's nail-biting escape from Germany, and his subsequent adventure-filled efforts to embrace his adopted home. Growing up in New York in the late 1960s, Audrey Birnbaum assumed that watching Holocaust documentaries was a perfectly normal family activity. On her first day of elementary school, Audrey sat in the cafeteria, unwrapped her liverwurst sandwich, and excitedly told her new classmates about her public television proclivities. Her Brady Bunch-watching peers had never heard of PBS, but they had heard of PB&J (and they weren’t too keen on liverwurst either). They made it abundantly clear: Audrey’s childhood was, in fact, not normal at all. We will never know whether it was schoolyard bullying or watching tragic Shoah documentaries that was responsible for Audrey’s acute sensitivity to others; but that empathy may have helped pave the way for her choice of medicine as a career. Audrey chose to specialize in Pediatric Gastroenterology — for who needed more help than children? And where could anyone feel more suffering than in one’s gut? Day after day, she watched intricate family dynamics play out in the context of fragile health. Audrey listened to each patient’s story until she could retell it with clarity and give it meaning. Through witnessing and recording these tender dramas, the seeds of writing had been planted. Those seeds took root when, shortly after her father’s death in 2018, Audrey stumbled upon his extensive notes detailing his childhood escape from Nazi Germany. Audrey felt compelled to start writing his riveting story – a story addressing themes that are pressingly relevant today. AMERICAN WOLF deals with tragedy and loss, while punctuating the triumph of the human spirit. It is a memoir of Holocaust survival, family drama, an immigration tale, and an often funny coming-of-age story that is sure to have an impact on anyone who has experienced prejudice, displacement, or questions about their identity.  With her cherished medical career in the rear-view mirror, Audrey now enjoys singing, writing, reading, and being with friends who also had quirky childhoods. She lives with her husband in Westchester County, New York, and has three marvelous grown children. Audrey is currently working on her second book. Learn more at https://www.audreybirnbaumauthor.com Learn more about your Host, Kim Lengling: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.kimlenglingauthor.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kim's Books on Amazon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/author/kimlengling⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newest release: Paw Prints on the Couch. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON Buy Me A Coffee:   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Letfearbouncet⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/letfearbouncepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Be sure your pets are cared for when you are no longer able to care for them with LifePet.Care (⁠⁠⁠⁠LifePet.Care⁠⁠⁠⁠) Use this link to get your discount: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://payhip.com/b/ht03b/af645a57e6be23f⁠⁠⁠⁠