Tag: Rising Hope

  • New Book in the Works!
    Friday, March 19th, 2021     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    This month I began work on a new historical YA novel, “Prepared to Spy.” If you know Polish survivors of the Cold War I can interview, please contact me!

  • “W” Hour – The Warsaw Uprising
    Saturday, August 1st, 2020     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    At 5pm Saturday, August 1, people in Poland will celebrate the 76th anniversary of Warsaw’s Uprising during WWII. Sirens will blare and people will stop what they’re doing for one minute in remembrance of past heroes who gave their all for Poland’s freedom in 1944. Thursday night I read a chapter of my revised version …[ read more ]

  • A Scout from the 1944 Rising
    Tuesday, September 1st, 2015     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    This past Saturday I met Halina Butler at a Polish Festival  in Martinez, CA. At the festival, I shared about my book, Rising Hope, which takes place in  Poland during WWII. While speaking with Halina, I learned that, in 1939, she was a 12-year-old Girl Guides member (Girl Scout) when WWII began in Poland. She …[ read more ]

  • Polish Festival in Belmont, CA
    Sunday, May 31st, 2015     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Mark, Mom, and I had a great time Saturday at the PolCA Polish Heritage Festival in Belmont, CA. We enjoyed Polish folk dancing, music, and food. I got to meet the Consul General of Poland from Los Angeles, Mariusz M. Brymor. I have him a copy of Rising Hope, my historical fiction book about the …[ read more ]