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Chasing Portraits
Instagram, Book Reviews, and You – by Elizabeth Rynecki
by, Audrey Arnold
January 22, 2019

Social media gives us new ways to connect with others and pursue our interests, which can include following our favorite authors, publishers, and bookstores. While it may seem an unlikely place, Instagram is one of these platforms with a rather large book-loving community. Recently, I became the new admin behind the Swenson Book Development Instagram account, but of course, there are many others in the… [Read More]

Filed Under: book reviews, bookstagram, Chasing Portraits, Elizabeth Rynecki, GoodReads, Instagram, Litsy, Social Media
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Behind the Search for a Legacy – an Interview with Elizabeth Rynecki
by, Audrey Arnold
May 22, 2018

Many people all over the world have families who have been affected by the events of World War II. Elizabeth Rynecki is one of those people. Her great-grandfather Moshe Rynecki “depicted the everyday lives of the Polish-Jewish community in his art,” but sadly, he died in a concentration camp and most of his art was lost in the war. Elizabeth Rynecki’s book, titled Chasing Portraits:… [Read More]

Filed Under: Chasing Portraits, Elizabeth Rynecki, Holocaust, Holocaust Era Art, Poland
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Three Book Giveaway
by, Jill Swenson
July 25, 2017

Summer is for reading. And this summer World War II has never seemed more relevant. To reward reading and reflection on this history, Swenson Book Development LLC is offering a three book giveaway. Marcel’s Letters, Chasing Portraits, and Shot from the Sky are the three titles by author clients who have agreed to reward one lucky winner with all three books. To register to win,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Carolyn Porter, Cathryn Prince, Chasing Portraits, Elizabeth Rynecki, Marcel's Letters, Shot from the Sky, WWII
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Q & A with Elizabeth Rynecki
by, Trace Sonnleitner
May 30, 2017

Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy by Elizabeth Rynecki, is the story of her search for the art of her great-grandfather, which disappeared after he was killed in the Majdanek concentration camp. Moshe Rynecki’s body of work reached close to eight hundred paintings and sculptures, which he created between the First and Second World Wars in Warsaw, Poland. Recently, I interviewed… [Read More]

Filed Under: Chasing Portraits, documentary, Elizabeth Rynecki, Holocaust Era Art
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5 Books to Read This Summer Before They Hit the Big Screen
by, Jill Swenson
July 5, 2016

1)  Emma Donoghue, Frog Music: A Novel (Little, Brown and Company, April 2014) From the author of the bestselling novel, Room, Emma Donaghue penned this novel based in San Francisco during the summer of 1897 in which the city suffered a smallpox epidemic and a record-breaking heat wave.  The story begins when a young woman named Jenny Bonnet is shot dead through the window of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Amy Strewart, Between Shades of Gray, Chasing Portraits, Editor of Genius, Elizabeth Rynecki, Emma Donoghue, Frog Music, Girl Waits with Gun, Max Perkins, Ruta Sepetys, Scott Berg
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