KALISZ

About the Book

History has a way of showing up without being invited and relatives can be hidden for decades, but when truth is revealed changes emerge. It is without intention that Rose turns up in Kalisz, Poland, her father's ancestral home. But it is not the same Kalisz her father grew up in. The large welcomed Jewish population was emptied and left silent by the holocaust. But for Mr Masjewski, Rose's visit unlocks a hidden past. And an extraordinary connection between the two families is unveiled from its dark hiding place. Kalisz is a sweeping drama, traveling between worlds of time and place through a rich culture's rituals and traditions, from Poland to Palestine and through generations of two world wars and beyond.

About the Author

Rosalind Brenner, Dip. Metaphysical Science, sat in a courtyard overlooking the square in Kalisz when she realized a story had to be told. She had not considered writing a novel at this stage, and was in love with writing short stories. But Kalisz was alive and the next four years, she wrote the visions appearing in her mind. Rosalind is a mother of three wonderful adults and also an active grandmother. She has traveled to India and Sri Lanka, besides traveling to Poland, her ancestry home, and around her own homeland of Australia. She has sat in Ceremonies with Aboriginal elders in the Australian Desert, and after her youngest child left home went to live in the UK for three years.