The Ambassador's Daughter Guest Post & Giveaway with Pam Jenoff

Pam Jenoff, author of the newly released novel The Ambassador's Daughter, joins me at The Hiding Spot with a quick guest post about being a Foreign Service officer and the impact it had on her writing process. 

Be sure to check out my review of this historical romance featuring the young Margot Rosenthal as she navigates her way through a foreign country, her first real experience with romantic love, and the fall-out of a horrific war. After, be sure to enter for your chance to win a finished copy below!

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Have your experiences as a Foreign Service officer for the U.S. State Department in Europe helped you write your novels? 

In the mid-1990’s, I was sent to Krakow, Poland as a diplomat. Although I originally went to do consular work (stamp visas and passports and help Americans who got into trouble), I found myself there at a unique moment in history. Many of the issues from the Holocaust, such as anti-Semitism, property restitution and preservation of the camps, had remained unresolved through the Cold War when dialogue and exchange were stifled, and they now had to be resolved before Poland could join NATO and the European Union. I was given responsibility for working on these issues, and I became very close to the surviving Jewish community there. I was profoundly moved by these experiences, both professionally and personally as a Jewish woman living in Poland. My books have been inspired by the things I’ve seen and the people I’ve met, especially in Europe. I’m moved to create stories based on the things I have witnessed.

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