I was born in liberated Rome to a Viennese mother and Italian father, lived in Argentina with my mother and new German step-father, and grew up in New York in a neighborhood of Holocaust survivors and fellow Europeans displaced by war. I absorbed their memories of betrayals and courage, of sacrifice and difficult decisions, of strangers’ kindnesses and sheer luck. I understood that their gratitude for having found safety in America was tinged by longing for the lives they’d been forced to give up. The shadows of all they’d lost lingered, and drifted down to their children and grandchildren — and me. It is what inspired me to write ALL THAT LINGERS and ALMOST HOME.
To read my interview with Mosaicdigest.com (unfortunately they misspelled my first name) https://mosaicdigest.com/irine-wittigs-journey-through-loss-resilience-and-the-quest-for-belonging/
To view my YouTube interview about my non-fiction book ALMOST HOME: The Story of Otto Gruenbaum, Pianist and Ritchie Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64SMxdq2f8w
To view my Youtube interview about my novel with Zebra Press https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlOMU2jnrz0&feature=youtu.be
To read my interview with NFReads https://www.nfreads.com/author-feature-irene-wittig/
To read my interview with Profile Critics. :https://profilecritics.com/book/IITwwMMMDwIIy/interview?ref=browse
To hear my interview with The Authors Show https://wnbnetworkwest.com/IreneWittig
To read my interview with Hidden Voices
ALL THAT LINGERS is available in paperback, hardcover, ebook and audiobook formats: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08673L2VH
as well as through independent bookstores https://www.indiebound.org/book/9798623796721
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/all-that-lingers-irene-wittig/1138473987?ean=9780578820415
and GOODREADS, Draft2Digital, FINDAWAYVOICES and INGRAMSPARK
If you are in a book club I think you would find much to discuss in ALL THAT LINGERS. I would be happy to answer your questions. Please feel free to contact me at irenewittigauthor@gmail.com.
For a story about a middle-aged woman who comes into her own and discovers courage, friendship and love, please check out my new novel, available in print and ebook and as a digitally narrated audiobook at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094P5PLRZ
and please tell fellow readers how you like it by posting on Amazon and Goodeads.
For a change of pace, please take a look at my stories with a twist – SHORT TALES AND RUMINATIONS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TS218J4
For your favorite pre-schoolers, please consider AN AMUSING ALPHABET, a whimsically illustrated alphabet book with fun and clever alliterative phrases, as well as a challenge to find additional items with the subject letter that are not in the phrase. Available in print and ebook formats. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CG7F9H
In collaboration with nationally known illustrator, Dennis Kendrick, this fun activity book will appeal to children 3 to 10, as well as their parents. The phrases are fun, and children are challenged to color, draw, and invent their own phrases. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=let%27s+play+see+you+later+alligator&crid=1RSKAJTSJLGZQ&sprefix=let%27s+play+see%2Caps%2C72&ref=nb_sb_ss_mission-aware-v1_1_14
Inspired by my many years as a ceramic painter, I updated and revised my previously published book on painting ceramics. Lavishingly illustrated, it provides step-by-step instructions and projects for artists, potters and ceramists .https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LJPHLV5 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005W179B0
CONTACT INFORMATION
To contact me with questions or comments please email me at irenewittigauthor@gmail.com
All That Lingers 