Author’s Note about the Polish Nurse

Good morning readers and friends, I felt it was necessary to address some thoughts surrounding the ending of my #1 Best-Selling novel, “The Polish Nurse”. In my Indie publishing format, my author notes at the end of the book, explain that the story is a prequel to the award-winning series, The Berlin Butterfly Series. When I signed the contract with ReadMore Press, I gave them the rights to publish the book in their format and because they attached it to a series called World War II Brave Women of Fiction, they opted to take out my notes which they had every right to. Though the notes are not critical to the story, they did explain how I had first written the Berlin Butterfly Series (A 3-book series surrounding the Berlin Wall published 2017-2019) and then decided to tell the story of Ella’s mom during World War II. “The Polish Nurse”, formally known as “Before Berlin” was created in 2022. I wrote it specifically to introduce Aleksandra and explain how Ella came to be in a Berlin orphanage. In light of this, There was only one way I could end “The Polish Nurse” to be able to lead into Ella’s story which had already been written. Without sharing the specifics, I hope this will help to understand why it ended the way it did but keep in mind for those of you who might not be familiar with my writing… I always provide a sense of hope if not a happy ending.

The previous blog shares some of the historical notes previously found at the end of “The Polish Nurse.” Enjoy!