The Resistance Daughter

Poland, 1942 . After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski joins the Polish Resistance. She is tasked with smuggling as many children out of the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewers and relocating them out of the occupied zones. Through her work, Anna meets Johnnie Nowak, an RAF pilot who had managed to escape from a prisoner of war camp. He''s not safe in Warsaw, so Anna leads him out of the city to safety... But suddenly Anna is caught by the SS and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp where she is surrounded by even more horror and despair. A female guard, known as The Beast, is renowned for her violence and aggression towards her prisoners, and she''s set her sights on Anna. When Anna is relocated to a different camp, she finds herself reunited with Johnnie Nowak, the pilot she had saved. Desperate to escape, the two of them devise a plan, that if discovered, could mean a fate far worse than death. What will Anna lose in the fight for her freedom?

Auteur
Joanne Kormylo's debut novel, The Resistance Daughter, is a work of historical fiction inspired by true stories. She is the daughter of a WWII bomber pilot and prisoner of war. As part of her research for this novel, she studied her late father's Wartime Log, interviewed veterans, served on the board of an Air Force Museum, and traveled to the UK, Poland, and Germany. Joanne holds both an MA and a JD, leading to a career as an oil and gas lawyer, and business owner. She has one daughter, Andrea, and resides in Western Canada.