Revenge Of The Sisters
After Regina’s husband abandons her and their four children: One son and three daughters, in Chicago, Regina relocates to Los Angeles, where she faces financial struggles as a single mother to care for her children. Jewish Family Services place the girls in an orphanage—where they stay until they graduate and attend programs to acquire essential skills to support themselves.
Rose, Josephine, and Dorothy Butlaw attended University High School in Los Angeles, each with her own remarkable talent—Rose excelled in math, Josephine showcased artistic talent, and Dorothy had a knack for journalism. Unfortunately, their journeys were hindered by jealousy, anti-Semitism, and meanness, which often overshadowed their hard work and blocked them from the recognition and opportunities they truly deserved.
As the girls go on with their lives, there come random events that present a unique opportunity for each sister to get the payback for each person that got in their way.
The trauma of that day shaped Regina’s life and ignited her passion to take a more active role in fighting antisemitism. The atrocities that her family endured impacted every decision she made in life as she moved through the days and years, coloring her approach to every event that took her from Poland to the United States, and how she cared for the four children she sought to protect.
“Regina of Warsaw meet your powerful sequel! Revenge of the Sisters, by author Geri Spieler, picks up when refugee Regina Anusevwicz—broke, homeless, and with four children—ends up in LA in 1918. The most impressive thing about Regina’s young daughters (Spieler’s aunts) is their resilience, strength, and ultimate triumph over the antisemitism they suffered as teens, abuse that would derail most of us for the rest of our lives. This is a story about the strength of the human spirit, about picking yourself up from defeat and finding a way to triumph in the end. And what’s more. This story is so engaging, I couldn’t put it down—something I’ve come to expect from Spieler’s writing.” —Tim Flood, author of The Flower of Canaan
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