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When The World Was Broken

A Haunting and True Holocaust Novel

by Ruth E. Stitt

"A powerful addition to Holocaust literature. These stories of lives once full of purpose and dignity deliver an especially haunting impact, more powerful because they are true."
— Daniel P. King, Ret. Detective, NYPD, Ret. Master at Arms, USNR
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Welcome — I'm glad you're here. Through writing, storytelling, theological reflection, and music, I explore what it means to live as a child of God in a complicated, beautiful, and broken world.



About the Author

Ruth E. Stitt is an ordained minister, professional counselor, musician, and author of two previous nonfiction works. Drawing on her background in theology, psychology, and pastoral care, she brings emotional depth and historical insight to her fiction.

Ruth writes from the Texas Hill Country, where she lives with her husband and continues counseling, consulting, blogging, and performing jazz and contemporary music.

She has recently completed her first novel When The World Was Broken, the story of a family’s struggle to survive across continents in the wake of the unimaginable horrors Nazi Germany and a world war.

About the Author

Ruth E. Stitt is an ordained minister, professional counselor, musician, and author of two previous nonfiction works. Drawing on her background in theology, psychology, and pastoral care, she brings emotional depth and historical insight to her fiction.

Ruth writes from the Texas Hill Country, where she lives with her husband and continues counseling, consulting, blogging, and performing jazz and contemporary music.

She has recently completed her first novel When The World Was Broken, the story of a family’s struggle to survive across continents in the wake of the unimaginable horrors Nazi Germany and a world war.

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