I love reading historical fiction books and was thrilled to receive an ARC of Three Sisters. The book was so full of emotions, I cried many times. I loved the plot, characters, the ending, & the way the author perfectly took me back in time. I will be telling everyone about this book! If I could give this book 10 stars I would!!

The third book in this trilogy by Heather Morris did not disappoint. While difficult to read at times, it tells an important story and one that we need to continue to hear and be told.

I love the way that each of the sisters is developed individually and then how their individual strengths come together to make them stronger for the total. Each of the three books has been an amazing read and I love how the linkage between the three is woven into this story.

The books is a fast read because you want to turn every page to see what happens next but it is also one that should be read slowly as we recognize the journey that these three sisters made and how their history is one that we all need to remember.

I will read any Heather Morris writes, no matter how hard the subject matter may be. This story, about Cibi, Magda and Livi is a story of strength and hope in even the darkest of days. The story of how these three sisters survived such brutality but found their new homes, together and filled with love and laughter. The story they shared with their children, grand children and now great grand children so that they may know of the three sisters strength and hope. Thank you Netgalley and publishing house for the early copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read and review an advanced copy.

"Three Sisters" is yet another heartbreaking and powerful book about the Holocaust from author Heather Morris. Along the lines of her previous work, this book follows the years in Auswitz of its main characters. In this book, we follow three sisters who end up in Auswitz. There are quick mentions of the previous books but the focus on this one is on the sisters and the power of family and resilience. I found myself crying yet again while reading. If you have read either of her previous books, "The Tattoist of Auswitz" or "Cilkas Journey" you will want to follow them up with this one.
While we don't learn anything new about the horrors of the Holocaust and of Auswitz, we do follow the sisters afterwards as they make their way home and then to Israel to start a new life. This is a part of History I was never taught, so reading about it was eye opening.
This book came about when a family member of the sisters read her previous books and recognized the names and realized they knew they person she was writing about. Theu contacted the author and told her about the sisters who went into, and back out of, Auswitz together. The afterward was tender, and the notes from the sisters themselves made me cry yet again. This book was excellent and I recommend it to any fan of Heather's previous work or anyone who likes historical books.

I’d give this 10 starts if I could. An emotional heartwarming story. Based on a true story. The first two books in this series are amazing as well.

"Three Sisters" by Heather Morris
Release Date: 10.5.2021

Livia is ordered to go to Auschwitz at just 15 years old. Her older sister, Cibi, remembers her promise to her father and decides to go with Livia to Auschwitz in 1942. Her other sister, Magda, at 17 years old, hides from the Nazis at a hospital, but she is captured and sent to Auschwitz in 1944.

The three girls are reunited, and they promise to one another that they will survive, no matter what. They do survive through the death camp, a death march, and then home to Slovakia, under Communist rule. The sisters decide to travel to Israel to call this new country home.

What an emotional read! Ms. Morris does it again, sharing this true story. Heather Morris was told this story by two of the three sisters who are still living in Israel with their extended family. I felt this book could stand on its own but was happy to learn that it was part of the "Tattooist of Auschwitz" series. This book showed the girls' courage and strength, documenting this much important history that must be shared, or we are doomed to repeat it.

Thank you to @netgalley for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for my honest review.

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'I want you to make a promise to me that you will always take care of your sisters. That you will always be there for one another. That you will not allow anyone to take you away from each other, ever. Do you understand?'

This is the final book in the trilogy: The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka’s Journey, and now, Three Sisters.

In March 1942, when Livia, 15, is ordered to leave Slovakia and report for duty to ‘work for the Germans,’ her older sister Cibi, 19, recalls her promise to their father and insists on going with Livia. They have no idea they’ve been selected for Auschwitz.

Their middle sister, Magda, 17, evades capture for a couple of years but is eventually seized and reunites with her sisters in the camp. The girls suffer unimaginable loss, sickness, and cruelty, yet they are strong together. Remembering their promise and being strengthened by their courage, their sisterly love helped them survive.
Determined to stay together, they emigrated to Israel, married and raised a family. There are now three generations from three sisters, and all know that they are alive because of a victory against the Nazis.

I was moved reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz (now optioned for film and TV) and was amazed that these three sisters not only knew Gita from their hometown in Slovakia, but they also were with her and Lale in Auschwitz. I can only imagine how overwhelming it was for the author to meet 93-year-old Livi and hear the story directly.

This powerful tale about Slovakian Jewesses will break you and then leave you encouraged as you think about what kept them alive in a place without hope. It's an encouraging ending to the powerful triology.

I was gifted this advance copy by Heather Morris, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

This book was gripping. I was sucked in and could not put it down! The concept was so unique, I loved this book.

This true story, told as historical fiction by Heather Morris, takes place during WW2. It just seems that there are so many Holocaust stories--this is definitely a unique one! Three Slovakian sisters become Nazi prisoners and 'fortuitously' end up together. I don't use the term lightly because they each experienced their own terrors as prisoners. They end up in Israel, at the start of a new nation. I knew nothing about this and it was fascinating to read about. I also read <i>The Tattooist of Auschwitz</i> and this narrative is very similar. While it feels light on details, the author manages to tell the sisters' stories with respect and sensitivity. A must read.

Review I don't always read historical fiction, but when I do, I tend to read a bit of World War II books. It feels so far away, yet was not that long ago. The life and times of the people that lived during that time and what they went through always astounds me.
This is the third book from Heather Morris in The Tattooist of Auschwitz "world". While all 3 center around different people during their times in prison camps, this one may have been the "lightest". Not that it still doesn't have some awful imagery and detail, but I felt that Ms Morris really concentrated on the sisters' love and devotion to one another during these difficult times more so than all the horrible situations they lived through.

When Livi is called to be picked up to go with the Germans, Cibi knows she must go with her. Livi is the baby, the kitten, of the sisters and Cibi feels it's her duty as the oldest sister and as the word she gave to her father to always be together. These two could never imagine what they would encounter and live through for over 2 years in Auschwitz/Birkenau camps. Meanwhile, Magda is "saved" by being in the hospital. But even what she has to do day in and day out by going into hiding isn't something any one person should have to endure. Especially a child. What we see as a reader is that these are just children, teenagers, trying to survive to see the next day. But these three sisters have love for one another that goes deeper than you could imagine. And although this is a fictional account of these amazing women, to even think what these 3 women lived through just boggles the mind.

This book felt like Ms Morris assumed we've read plenty on the subject of the prison camps and what happened during WWII and instead told us a story of love and survival from these sisters. We got to see that there were "helpers", even in the camps. They weren't always the helpers you would want, but it was what they could get and you saw how each sister used those people to their advantage. It was all a matter of survival and of seeing themselves out of the hell they were put in.

Three Sisters gave us a major sense of hope during a time that there was so little. After getting out of the camps, we see their lives go a bit fast forward and how they all traveled to Israel, the homeland of their people. We skipped over a lot of their history, but it was effective in showing the reader what happened when they decided to survive and thrive.
While this wasn't my favorite of the series, it definitely left me with a feeling of love and connection to family. I loved these sisters and their love and devotion to one another. It was quite special to read all the notes at the end of the book to get a bit of the sisters and their families that provided for the story. It made it that much more personal.

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for the opportunity to read Three Sisters. Heather Morris is the author of The Tattoo Artist of Auschwitz and Silka’s Journey. I enjoyed both books though I feel “enjoy” is not the right word when speaking of The Holocaust. I was thrilled to receive Three Sisters as it is based on three women who survived the Holocaust together at Auschwitz. The bravery and heroism of the sisters is astonishing. They kept their promise to their father. Surviving a concentration camp and then the forced walk to evacuate had to be brutal.

Most of the survivors of the Holocaust have passed. Those who are alive are elderly and may or may not wish to speak of their experiences. Livia was alive to speak with Ms. Morris in Israel where she lives as described in the book. We know we have an excellent historical perspective. However, the tone of the book seemed odd to me. We are talking about the devastating forced evacuation of Slovakia by Nazi German. There is almost no reference to the number of Slovak Jews who were rounded up and summarily sent to the gas chambers. I found it disingenuous to focus on theee survivors who all immigrate to Israel and the bulk of the story does take place in Israel. The conversations between the young women are simplistic. In today’s terms we would call what they suffered PTSD. They have survivor’s guilt. They have nightmares. They are strangers in a new home. This has all been covered in non-fiction. Ms. Morris’ writing is simplistic in this book. She has received a fair amount of blow back for both TTAOA and Cilka’s Journey. That may have colored my reading of the book although I loved those novels. This one didn’t speak to me. I have it 4 stars because I just couldn’t ignore that Livia was still alive to tell her story.

<b>Note:</b> I received an advanced copy of this book from St. Martin's Press via NetGalley.

When they are girls, Cibi, Magda and Livia make a promise to their father - that they will stay together, no matter what. Years later, at just 15 years old, Livia is ordered to Auschwitz by the Nazis. Cibi, only 19 herself, remembers their promise and follows Livia, determined to protect her sister, or die with her. In their hometown in Slovakia, 17-year-old Magda hides, desperate to evade the barbaric Nazi forces. But it is not long before she is captured and condemned to Auschwitz. In the horror of the death camp, these three beautiful sisters are reunited. Though traumatised by their experiences, they are together.

They make another promise: that they will live. Their fight for survival takes them from the hell of Auschwitz, to a death march across war-torn Europe and eventually home to Slovakia, now under iron Communist rule. Determined to begin again, they embark on a voyage of renewal, to the new Jewish homeland, Israel.

I was interested in the first part of this book but the second half lost my interest a bit. I liked how the author brought full circle some of the characters we have seen in her previous books. Morris definitely does an amazing job of bringing the fear and trauma the characters endured coming to life on the page.

Three Sisters by Heather Morris

As kids, Cibi, Magda and Livi make a pact with their father on the night before his death. They promise they will always stick together and will always take care of each other. World War II makes this pact incredibly difficult to keep. With 2 of them sent to Aushwitz while one of them is in the hospital they spend years apart. The first 2/3rds of the book are about life in the hell of Aushwitz. Some parts were very hard for me to read and the depictions of life and the slow loss of all hope was very heartbreaking. The last part of the book is like a completely different story. About survivors guilt and how the sisters rebuild after their world was destroyed.

This is a story that will stick in my mind. The love of these sisters and the selfless way they take care of each other was inspiring.

I loved the epilogue and the letters at the end of the story from the real sisters and their families that this story is based on.

Thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for my advanced copy! This is out on October 5th and I’m sure I will be seeing it everywhere.

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I love that Heather Morris tells real stories of strength and perseverance. However, this really felt like two different books put together. The first two thirds I was absolutely captivated - the girls were in concentration camps and just trying to survive. The last third of the book was after they escaped the camp and made their way to the new Israel. I very much enjoyed the first part, but I could not connect to the last part. Overall, averaging the whole story out to 4 stars. I will also say there are some great details in the afterward and author's note at the end about the real people in the story.

Thanks to NetGalley and publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal whims of the guards in this place of horror. But now, the allies are closing in and the sisters have one last hurdle to face: the death march from Auschwitz, as the Nazis try to erase any evidence of the prisoners held there. Due to a stroke of luck, the three of them are able to escape formation and hide in the woods for days before being rescued. From there, the three sisters travel to Israel, to their new home.

As with the author's two previous books, this book is based on a true story of the three sisters and their lives overlapping with those of Lale, Gita, and Cilka, the people in her two previous books. I love this author's work and the amazing amount of research she does in writing the stories. Her descriptions of the camps and the effects on the sisters are heartbreaking. I highly recommend this book. If you read it, be sure to read her notes and interviews at the end of the book.

Cibi, Magda, and Livi are living in Slovakia during the war. When Livi is still young, their father makes the girls promise they will always stay together. As the story unfolds, we watch how seriously they take this promise. When Livi is assigned to leave, Cibi volunteers to go with her, to watch over her. Their sister Magda was in the hospital at the time, a mercy from the doctor treating her. As we watch the horrors for the girls unfold in Auschwitz, we also see their determination to live. When their sister finally joins them a few years later, the trio is complete in this hopeless hell they’ve been forced into.

I count myself lucky enough to review this book ahead of time. Historical Fiction is my favorite genre, and Three Sisters did not disappoint. You’re meeting three incredibly determined and strong women who survived at all costs and did it with their promise in their hearts. Three Sisters is a well-written, vivid, and often heartbreaking story that exemplifies these women’s lives. I appreciate the many afterwards that went behind the scenes, so to speak, of the legacy that brought this book to fruition. Thank you, St. Martin’s, for sending this along.

This is the story of three of the most courageous women. Somehow, even when faced with horrifying situations, their bond continues to grow. This book was heartbreaking, but also heartwarming. I truly enjoyed it! Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advance copy of this book.

The book "Three Sisters" by Heather Morris was an interesting read. I loved the bond between the sisters. I also appreciated how Morris looked at survivor guilty. It is not an angle many writers take but it is an important thing to think about in when thinking of survivors.

Somehow I missed the information that the story is based on three real people who lived in the Nazi death camps during WW2. It wasn’t until the epilogue that I read how the family members had written to the author imploring her to tell the sisters’ inspiring stories. A terrible time and the sisters triumphed by surviving the camps and then rebuilding their lives. I was awestruck at their courage and their ability to build a new life for themselves. Five big stars! Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC.

Three Sisters follows the Meller sisters (Cibi, Magda, and Livi) from 1929 in their early childhood in Slovakia through their senior days in Israel in 2015. The sisters promised their father when they were very young that they would always take care of each other, and this promise guided them as they traversed through many dark days. In this story, based on the real lives of the Meller sisters, the horrific story of the concentration camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau is told. Three Sisters is also a tale of hope that demonstrates the strong ties that a family can maintain, even when faced with great adversity. Heather Morris is a master storyteller and this novel, inspired by a true story adds another jewel to her writing crown. Fans of Morris will appreciate "cameos" from her previous books, when the sisters encounter Lale Sokolov and Gita Furman (from The Tattooist of Auschwitz) and Cilka Klein (from Cilka's Journey). Readers will be captivated by the story of the Meller sisters. They will be on the edge of their seats at the close calls these three young women face, devastated as the sisters face loss, and joyful when they experience love. Readers will be inspired and awed by this story and will leave forever changed.