Fake Papers

The Survival Lessons

De: Aaron Rockett

Narrado por: Aaron Rockett

FAKE PAPERS is a gripping, real-life escape story about a Holocaust survivor, who passes on survival lessons to her grandson, a documentary filmmaker working in war zones like Afghanistan.

When World War II began, seventeen-year-old Letty from a rigid Orthodox Jewish family in Belgium is trapped in a resort nestled in the French Pyrenees with her mother and two sisters. Her oldest sister disowns the family to save herself as her mother’s distress turns into violent panic attacks. Ahead of Letty lay razzias, the French police round-ups of Jews, Nazi aircraft, young love, and uncertainty about who to trust or where to go in a country hell-bent on capturing her. Now her family’s fate, whether triumph or catastrophe, hinges on Letty’s escape plan.

Many decades later Letty is waiting to die. She is 90 years old and eaten by regret. She once told her story of survival to her grandson to help him through a tragedy when he was a child. Now in his thirties, he rushes to learn the details of her story before it disappears, because in it are answers to questions that have haunted his life.

At its core, FAKE PAPERS is about a girl coming of age in a time of brutal intolerance and how it shapes her relationship with her grandson years later, addressing identity, and the tangled emotions and patterns of family relationships, repeated through generations, that make us who we are. FAKE PAPERS is a reminder; you never know the effect sharing your story will have on the people you love.

©2019 Aaron Rockett (P)2024 Aaron Rockett

This Book Should Be A Movie!

Expertly written story of a family that narrowly escaped the grasp of Nazi Germany.

Sure to keep you on the edge of your seat!

Amazing story!

This is a riveting and detailed account of Aaron’s grandmother’s experience during World War 2. It’s a very personal story that gives the reader a look into the family dynamics of that stressful and uncertain time. The ending included a surprise I didn’t see coming. Highly recommend this book!

Personal and enjoyable

I enjoyed the author reading the story. Using his grandmother’s advice to title the chapters was a great idea.

A glimmer of hope during the worst of times

Aaron Rockett's dynamic narration of his story adds to the intensity of this well-written, true-life escape tale about his grandmother. His words bring the full weight of what his grandma, Letty, her sisters, and mother endured in their mad scramble for a "way out" of the unfolding horrors of the holocaust. As the chaos of World War II engulfs the world, Letty, clever and daring, stays one step ahead of capture as she and her family criss-cross Belgium and France. This story offers a glimmer of hope, but also highlights the difficulties of survival: intolerable living conditions,  starvation, deceit, turning on loved ones, and losing nearly everything to save themselves.