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shamanicshayminStardust writer Neil Gaiman reveals how Gone With The Wind kept his refugee cousin alive during WWII.
In this video, best-selling writer Neil Gaiman reveals how his cousin, Helen, smuggled the book Gone With The Wind into the Warsaw Ghetto during World War Two. She would read the novel at night and tell girls in the ghetto what had happened the morning after. The story gave him a personal insight into how writers can offer an “escape” from suffering.
Gaiman has written an exclusive piece on his trip to Syrian camps for Yahoo. It is contained within this article here.
I want me and my books to be like this for people someday. ;;
I almost teared up reading about Ayman and everything he does for the Syrian refugees. What a wonderful, wonderful person. ♥
In this video, best-selling writer Neil Gaiman reveals how his cousin, Helen, smuggled the book Gone With The Wind into the Warsaw Ghetto during World War Two. She would read the novel at night and tell girls in the ghetto what had happened the morning after. The story gave him a personal insight into how writers can offer an “escape” from suffering.
Gaiman has written an exclusive piece on his trip to Syrian camps for Yahoo. It is contained within this article here.
I want me and my books to be like this for people someday. ;;
I almost teared up reading about Ayman and everything he does for the Syrian refugees. What a wonderful, wonderful person. ♥
