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Stephen Maysonave
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Social-impact investor, Mentor, Board Member.
Stimulated by books, technology, global cultures, children.
Happily married to Sherry for many decades.
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Join us in the battle against Hate, Antisemitism, and Defamation. Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell" currently Amazon #1 Best Seller Jewish Literary Criticism. amzn.to/3EnFvHc @timesofisrael.com @lrb.co.uk @chantireviews.com @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Congratulations to the Chanticleer International Book Award 2025 Hemingway Book Awards "Finalists" for Wartime Fiction , especially Sherry Maysonave & Moises Goldman for "Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell". 14 Awards. @lrb.co.uk @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @audiobookshow.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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The 2025 Hemingway Finalists for Contemporary Wartime Fiction

The 2025 Hemingway Finalists are here! Thank you to these authors for telling the stories of 20th Century Wartime Fiction that we should never forget!
The 2025 Hemingway Finalists for Contemporary Wartime Fiction
The 2025 Hemingway Finalists are here! Thank you to these authors for telling the stories of 20th Century Wartime Fiction that we should never forget!
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January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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"Tatae's Promise" selected as Semi-Finalist for the Chanticleer "Hemingway 20th Century Wartime Fiction Book Award"!! Winner to be announced April 2026. amzn.to/3EnFvHc @booksoftheyear.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @bookspotlight.bsky.social @timesofisrael.com @nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Experience the #audiobook version of "Tatae's Promise". A never-before-told, true #Holocaust / #Auschwitz escape story. It's like playing a movie in your mind. Inspirational & educational.
Listen: youtu.be/a6FxH-4EW0Y
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A Star is Born. Tatae's Promise audiobook Chapter #1, narrated by Brittany Wilkerson
YouTube video by Stephen Maysonave
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July 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Spontaneous inspiration... "2025 Author of the Year" - Sherry Maysonave's exhilarating, post-award, live interview. "Tatae's Promise- You will live... you will tell" bit.ly/49qEmO3
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"2025 Author of the Year" - Sherry Maysonave's exhilarating, post-award, live interview
Sherry Maysonave was awarded the prestigious International Impact Book Awards (IIBA) 2025 "Author of The Year", Historical Fiction, for "Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell". Globally available in Audiobook, eBook, and Print editions. "Tatae's Promise" by Sherry Maysonave with Moises J. Goldman, PhD., is the winner of 14 Awards. It is based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. It is a remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Reviews and praise: - "... Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" - "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb" - "... A memorable story of resilience and enduring love." - "... a captivating and mind-altering experience for me. This book should be on every recommended reading list." For more information, visit SherryMaysonave.com and TataesPromise.com
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January 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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Mesmerizing. Inspirational. Winner 14 Awards. Audiobook version globally available. "Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell", brilliantly narrated by Brittany Wilkerson. Chapter #1 audio bit.ly/49fJd3m @lrb.co.uk @audiobookstation.bsky.social @audiobookshow.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk
Mesmerizing. Inspirational. Winner 14 Awards. Audiobook version globally available. "Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell", brilliantly narrated by Brittany Wilkerson. Amazon category BEST SELLER. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside and herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one lone reason: They were Jews. Chapter #1 audio https://bit.ly/49fJd3m or on Amazon, John Marshall Media, and other audiobook sites
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Rarely do so many people agree on a book and its impact. See hundreds of praising, 5-star reviews on Amazon. amzn.to/3EnFvHc @bloomberg.com @lrb.co.uk @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @umnchgs.bsky.social @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social @bertsbooks.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Americans spend more on prescription drugs than anyone else in the world. But what really sets the US apart is how much drugs cost (from November)
Why Are US Drug Prices So High? Can Trump Really Make Them Cheaper?
Americans spend more on prescription drugs than anyone else in the world. It’s true that they take a lot of pills. But what really sets the US apart is how much drugs cost. Unlike in most other countries, their prices are established without direct government intervention. Modest changes under then-President Joe Biden reduced the expense of some medicines for senior citizens.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Wishing all my friends & family around the world a very blessed, healthy, peaceful, & prosperous 2026. @lrb.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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An Inspirational Gift for yourself or another extra-special person in your life. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... I will never forget it." SPECIAL Amazon Pricing amzn.to/3EnFvHc @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @bookspotlight.bsky.social
WINNER 14 AWARDS. Amazon category BEST SELLER. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside and herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one lone reason: They were Jews.
December 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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"An incredible experience that embraces love, faith, joy, sadness, imagination, and hope". The perfect #HolidayGift for yourself or someone you deeply care for.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"Tatae's Promise- You will live... you will tell". Gold Award-Winner, The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Awards 2024, Historical Literary Fiction. Available in Audiobook, ebook, & print editions. bit.ly/47fatzk @cathiedunn.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @timesofisrael.com
WINNER 14 AWARDS. Amazon category BEST SELLER. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside and herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one lone reason: They were Jews. If you were captivated by the New York Times #1 bestsellers The Nightingale, The Women, or The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, or, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, or, Anna Stuart's award-winning books like The Midwife of Auschwitz, you will love Tatae's Promise. "...based on a true story... an emotional force. ...a remarkable love story at the heart of this novel... a moving work about the horrors of the Holocaust." ─Kirkus Reviews "a powerful tale of survival, resilience, and love... an essential read for anyone interested in historical fiction... a standout in the genre... worth every moment of your time. ─Carol Thompson for Readers' Favorite
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Exciting industrial decarbonization development- the Swan Impact Network is proud to have Skyven Technologies as one of our CleanTech / Environmental Impact portfolio companies... read the whole story canarymedia.com/articles/hea... @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bloomberg.com @canarymedia.com
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Skyven Technologies is making clean steam in a cost-effective way. The tech could boost efforts to decarbonize heavy industry.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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14 AWARDS. Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece. "Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite. Now available in audiobook, ebook & print editions. www.TataesPromise.com @lrb.co.uk @uscshoahfoundation.bsky.social @nytimes.com @timesofisrael.com
WINNER 14 AWARDS. Amazon category BEST SELLER. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Heroine & "Power Woman". The never-before-told, true story of a young woman’s mind-boggling survival during the Holocaust and her daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. @timesofisrael.com @nytimes.com @bookspotlight.bsky.social #SherryMaysonave #TataesPromise #StopHate #BookAwards
Tatae’s Promise: You will live… You will tell Internationally acclaimed. 14 Awards. Inspired by a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's escape from Auschwitz with her sister, Tatae’s Promise is an extraordinary narrative of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Experience Hinda’s breathtaking life as it transforms from living in a happy home, to banishment to a ghetto, to prison, to the Auschwitz death camp, to escape, and then miraculously rebuilding her life. In 1940, Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside, herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one reason: They were Jews. After thirty-two months of subsisting on a starvation diet, sleeping on a wooden floor in the Mlawa ghetto, Hinda was deported to Auschwitz. When incarcerated there for an additional two years, Hinda endured rabid hunger, slave labor, life threatening diseases, and barbarous brutalities while clinging to her father’s promise: “I know for certain that you will live, and you will tell.” These twelve words—a powerful presage written by her father, Tatae, in a letter to Hinda mere hours before the Gestapo murdered him—fueled her will to persevere. Incredibly, at the age of twenty-three, Hinda devised a daring plot to escape the exhaustively guarded gates of Auschwitz with her younger sister, Rachel. Hinda brilliantly executed the plan only to find the two of them running for their lives—from both Germans and Russians. According to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, there are less than two hundred documented, successful “prisoner escapes” from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Most of them were men. Hinda and Rachel’s victorious escape was truly remarkable.
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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SherryMaysonave, International Impact Book Awards "2025 Author of The Year - Historical Fiction", & Moises Goldman team up with acclaimed actor & voice artist Brittany Wilkerson. "Tatae's Promise-You will live... you will tell"
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"Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell" is now available as an audiobook. WINNER 14 AWARDS. Amazon category BEST SELLER. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside and herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one lone reason: They were Jews.
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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An intriguing, compelling #BookSpotlight by "The Coffee Pot Book Club" for #TataesPromise, their 2024 Gold-Award Winner, Historical Literary Fiction. #SherryMaysonave just named IIBA "2025 Author of The Year" - Historical Fiction. bit.ly/47fatzk @cathiedunn.bsky.social @booksoftheyear.bsky.social
A compelling "Book Spotlight" by the Coffee Pot Book Club. SherryMaysonave was just awarded "2025 Author of The Year", Historical Fiction, for Tatae's Promise, by International Impact Book Awards. The award has been referred to as "An- Oscar-for-Authors". @TexasAuthors @ADFIntl @yadvashem "Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell", winner 14 book awards, including Sherry Maysonave, "2025 Author of The Year", Historical Fiction, be the International Impact Book Awards. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside and herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one lone reason: They were Jews. World War II and the Hitler-induced Holocaust was in full swing.
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Read this compelling #BookSpotlight by "The Coffee Pot Book Club" for #TataesPromise, their 2024 Gold-Award Winner, Historical Literary Fiction. #SherryMaysonave just named IIBA "2025 Author of The Year" - Historical Fiction. bit.ly/47fatzk @cathiedunn.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @timesofisrael.com
"Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell", Winner 14 book awards, including Sherry Maysonave, "2025 Author of The Year", Historical Fiction, be the International Impact Book Awards. "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside and herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one lone reason: They were Jews. World War II and the Hitler-induced Holocaust was in full swing.
October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Sherry Maysonave - 2025 "Author of The Year", Historical Fiction, for "Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell". International Impact Book Awards. Think of it as an "Oscar Award for Authors". A very impactful event in #Hollywood.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reposted by Stephen Maysonave
lrb.co.uk
‘Five musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic are thought to have taken their instruments to the camps or ghettos, where they played music before they were liquidated. Then there was silence.’

Thomas Laqueuer on Kate Kennedy’s ‘Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound’
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Thomas Laqueur · A Different Life: Can cellos remember?
Cellists and violinists in particular are haunted by the musicians who played their instruments before them and those...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Sherry Maysonave received the International Impact Book Awards 2025 Author of the Year, Historical Fiction, for "Tatae's Promise"! tataespromise.com sherrymaysonave.com @lrb.co.uk @bookspotlight.bsky.social @booksoftheyear.bsky.social @bertsbooks.bsky.social @timesofisrael.com @nytimes.com
Sherry Maysonave received the International Impact Book Awards 2025 Author of the Year, Historical Fiction, for "Tatae's Promise- You will live... you will tell"
October 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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News Flash. Sherry Maysonave , WINNER, International Impact Book Awards “Author of the Year” Historical Fiction category for TATAE’S PROMISE.
Congratulations to Sherry and for the ongoing inspirational & educational impact of #TataesPromise!!
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October 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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The International Impact Book Awards "2025 Author of the Year" is only 5 days away... Sherry Maysonave is a finalist for "Tatae's Promise - you will live... you will tell". bit.ly/49fJd3m
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International Impact Book Awards, 2025 Author of the Year. Sherry Maysonave, Finalist, for "Tatae's Promise- You will live... you will tell". "Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Page Turner!" "... Nothing short of brilliant...I will never forget it. Superb. ─Viga Boland for Readers' Favorite Based on a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's daring escape from Auschwitz with her younger sister. A remarkable story of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside and herded the family into an army truck and hauled them away for one lone reason: They were Jews. World War II and the Hitler-induced Holocaust was in full swing.
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The International Impact Book Awards #Hollywood Gala for Author of the Year - October 4th, 2025. Sherry Maysonave, Finalist, #HistoricalFiction, for "Tatae's Promise". The voting & secret balloting is done... stay tuned for updates! www.TataesPromise.com @cathiedunn.bsky.social @nytimes.com
The International Impact Book Awards Hollywood Gala for Author of the Year - October 4th, 2025. Sherry Maysonave, Finalist, Historical Fiction, for "Tatae's Promise - You will live... you will tell". The voting & secret balloting is done... Sherry and I will be there... stay tuned for updates! www.TataesPromise.com www.SherryMaysonave.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM