Georgia Hunter is an acclaimed American author known for her debut novel, "We Were the Lucky Ones." Inspired by her own family's history, Hunter spent nearly a decade researching and writing the book, which vividly captures the resilience and survival of a Jewish family during World War II. Her meticulous research and compelling storytelling have earned her widespread recognition and a dedicated readership.
Fear is a beast that feeds on attention. Starve it, and it will die.
It was as though every time they were on the brink of happiness, fate snatched it away.
There are things we can't control, and there are things we can. The trick is figuring out which is which.
Sometimes our choices are made for us, or the choices we make lead us to places we never intended to go.
In that moment, love was the only thing that mattered.
It’s strange, isn’t it? How many ways there are to say goodbye.
Hope could be a dangerous thing, but it was also the only thing that kept them going.
Sometimes survival meant making choices that went against our instincts.
The human spirit is capable of withstanding so much more than we think.
There’s a difference between living and surviving. We were survivors, but we had to remember how to live.
Even in the darkest moments, there was always something to be grateful for.
Family was their lifeline, their reason to keep fighting.