The Cut Out Girl

Bart Van Es Fig Tree. Out now When Lien was eight her mother told her a secret. She was going away on an adventure. When she arrived to stay with a strange family, they told her “she wasn’t going to be Jewish any more”. As one of the “hide away” children, sheltered by strangers in the Nazi occupied Holland of WWII, Lien survived, but her family were murdered at Auschwitz. Her amazing story is told by the grandson of the couple who took her in, who formed a close bond with Lien. Brought to life with family photographs, and diary entries this deeply affecting story will haunt you. DEIRDRE O’BRIEN