The Paradise Ghetto

by Fergus O'connell

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A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust.



Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different – Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naïve and optimistic – they become each other’s closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to ‘The Paradise Ghetto’.



The young women use a precious smuggled notebook to write a story. As the book unfolds, it becomes the way they communicate their growing feelings for each other. But there comes a point when reality can no longer be held at bay. If the girls’ names end up on the lists of deportees to Auschwitz there will be no return.



Is there a chance of escaping fate?

  • ISBN10 1786150433
  • ISBN13 9781786150431
  • Publish Date 2 March 2017 (first published 18 August 2016)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Headline Publishing Group
  • Imprint Accent Press Ltd
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 384
  • Language English