We Were the Lucky Ones

The New York Times bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold worldwide | Now a Hulu limited series starring Joey King and Logan Lerman Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II,determined to surviveΓÇöand to reuniteΓÇöWe Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. ΓÇ£Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn’t be more timely.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöGlamour It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal liveseven as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romancenot of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of RadomPoland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the worldeach desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety. As one sibling is forced into exileanother attempts to flee the continentwhile others struggle to escape certain deatheither by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another againthe Kurcs must rely on hopeingenuityand inner strength to persevere. An extraordinarypropulsive novelWe Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth centuryΓÇÖs darkest momentthe human spirit can endure and even thrive.