Darkness Hides the Flowers

About the Book

Darkness Hides the Flowers is the true-life adventure story of a Jewish teenage girl running from the Gestapo. An artistic girl, who dreams of being a pianist, young Ida is abruptly thrown into the wilderness of rural France and must survive alone. Ida’s narrative is illustrated with her original paintings and the poems that she wrote to endure an ordeal of loneliness, fear, abuse and starvation. Her paintings of the experience are captured in this beautiful, full-color, glossy coffee table book. Readers of all ages will be gripped by this suspenseful tale, wandering beside Ida, and wondering, with each new encounter, which stranger might be trusted and which might betray her to the Nazis.

About the Author

Dr. Jerry Jennings is a clinical psychologist and award-winning screenwriter and writer. He has published nearly 50 journal articles, book chapters and books. His latest book, THE MINDFULNESS TOOLKIT FOR COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, COACHES & CLINICIANS OF YOUTH (Neari Press), brings the power of mindfulness to adolescents. Dedicated to preserving and honoring the personal stories of Holocaust survivors, Dr. Jennings has published three Holocaust memoirs on behalf of survivors: STELLA'S SECRET, DARKNESS HIDES THE FLOWERS, and I CHOOSE LIFE. The latter book is featured in an award-winning website video titled, "Yes, That's My Father" by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum for its World Memory Project" in partnership with Ancestry.com. Dr. Jennings has won or placed in numerous screenplay competitions for several different scripts, including comedies, dramas, thrillers and more. He has optioned three screenplays.