What I Would Tell You – Epic Book Launch – Excerpt

About the Book

Book: What I Would Tell You

Author: Liz Tolsma

Genre: Christian Fiction / Romance / Historical Fiction

Release date: January 1, 2023

DNA Test Unlocks a Family Mystery

Sephardic Jew Mathilda Nissim watches in horror as the Germans invade her beloved city of Salonika, Greece. What angers her most is the lack of resistance her people put up to their captors. In secret and at great risk to her life, she continues to publish her newspaper, calling her people to action. She doesn’t trust God to help them. When she and her husband find out they are expecting a child, Mathilda may have to resort to desperate measures to ensure her daughter’s survival.

Three generations later, college student Riley Payson and her cousin take a popular DNA test only to discover they don’t share any common ancestors. In fact, the test shows Riley is a Sephardic Jew from Greece. This revelation shakes Riley’s tenuous faith and sends her on a journey to discover what happened to her great-grandmother and how all this relates to her faith and her life today.

BOOK EXCERPT

What I Would Tell You Excerpt 2 

The man on the radio continued to read the bulletin, but very little of what he said registered with Mathilda, and not because her Greek was imperfect. She leaned forward in her red-and-gold embroidered armchair, closer to the radio, as if that would help her make sense of what she heard. 

Life around her shattered, like a looking glass smashed on the cool tile floor. Because they all knew what awaited them. They had spoken of it in whispers behind closed doors, as if speaking aloud would bring it about. 

Those who had tried to make themselves believe Hitler wouldn’t do this had fooled themselves. Well, no longer. The tone of the words changed. The Greek language, flowing like water over rocks, turned to guttural German. The harsh voice on the radio demanded the people pay attention. 

If only they had paid attention years ago. England and France had failed the world. They had failed every citizen in Europe and every Jew on the continent. 

Including Mathilda and Asher. 

At that moment, the door to their flat crashed open, and her husband raced into the apartment, panting as he stopped in front of her, his Hamburg hat askew, his blue necktie loose, his round face flushed. “Did you hear? Did you?” 

She motioned to the radio in front of her. “I heard.” Tears thickened her throat. “We have to do something about it. There must be a way to stop them from doing this.” 

“What would that be?” Asher dropped his hat on the table near the door. 

MISSED ANY EXCERPTS, GO HERE:

Excerpt One: https://travelerswife4life.com/book-spotlight-what-i-would-tell-you-by-liz-tolsma/

Excerpt Two: https://janemouttet.wordpress.com/2022/12/13/what-i-would-tell-you-epic-book-launch-excerpt/

Excerpt Three: https://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-i-would-tell-you-by-liz-tolsma.html

Excerpt Four: https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-i-would-tell-you-epic-book-launch.html

Excerpt Five: https://carolkeen.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-i-would-tell-you-epic-book-launch.html

Excerpt Six: https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/2022/12/what-i-would-tell-you-epic-book-launch.html

Excerpt Seven: https://storiesbygina.wordpress.com/2022/12/13/what-i-would-tell-you-epic-book-launch-with-celebrate-lit/

ABOUT THE AUTHOR – Liz Tolsma

Liz Tolsma is the author of several WWII novels, romantic suspense novels, prairie romance novellas, and an Amish romance. She is a popular speaker and an editor and resides next to a Wisconsin farm field with her husband and their youngest daughter. Her son is a US Marine, and her oldest daughter is a college student. Liz enjoys reading, walking, working in her large perennial garden, kayaking, and camping. Please visit her website at http://www.liztolsma.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter (@LizTolsma), Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. She is also the host of the Christian Historical Fiction Talk podcast.