Today, I am so happy to be a part of the blog tour of Hands of Gold by Roni Robbins. Thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for my invitation and the copy of the book.
Will Sam purge his guilty conscience before it’s too late? Will he atone for his offenses and find solace in the final countdown?
Sam Fox spent his whole life running against the hands of time. He is now racing to set the record straight about secrets he and Hannah, his wife of 65 years, have been harboring from their children and each other.
Hands of Gold, loosely based on real events, follows Sam on a journey that takes him from war-torn Europe at the turn of the 20th century, through the Great Depression and labor union reforms in America. Determined to make a lasting mark in his new homeland, Sam faces many hardships, not he least of which includes contracting tuberculosis, but he refuses to let this deter him from his ambitions. During a seemingly mundane workday, he shields 200 coworkers from a disgruntled gun-wielding employee. His actions saved the lives of many, making his escape from the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp – wherein his family suffered a deadly fate – a destined event.
As Sam comes to grips with his past, a gold watch from his grandmother, lost and buried during the Holocaust, will find its way back to him. Through this and other blessings, Sam learns to find the silver lining in his everyday struggles by holding onto his loved ones, along with a little self-reliance and even a few miracles
Hands of Gold is a historical novel that interweaves events from the authors grandfathers life, with the fictional main character of the book, a Jewish man named Sam Fox. Roni Robbins has written such an inspirational story straight from the heart.
Sam Fox is a man who is in his older years. A Jewish man born in Hungary and now living in America. We are told the tale of his life, exactly what was gone through to eventually find his way to America. He is a man who never gave up. No matter how much he was affected by ill-health, he carried on, knowing he had to look after his family. I found this a moving and engrossing novel that was so seamless in its telling that I couldn’t tell where the facts ended and the fiction began.
This is a novel that will touch everyone who reads it in some way. Sam, Hannah, his wife, and their children are a family who have experienced so many things in their lives. These are recounted as the story unfolds. The author is such a skilled storyteller that I lived this family’s lives all the way through the novel. There was absolutely nothing that could tear me away from Sam’s journey through life.
Every character in the novel weave their own parts throughout the story and are as unique as the novel they play a part in. I loved getting to know each and every character within Sams family as I followed their stories with an eagerness that they deserved.
I was captivated by this inspiring tale of Roni Robbins’ family and the way they got over the tragedies of their lives and triumphed in the end. I must say thank you to Roni Robbins for bringing us this novel. I feel highly honoured to have been allowed to share her story.
Author Bio
Hands of Gold capitalizes on award-winning author Roni Robbins’ 35 years as a published writer. Currently an editor/writer for Medscape/WebMD after serving as associate editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times/The Times of Israel, she has a seasoned history as a staff reporter for daily and weekly newspapers and as a freelancer for national, regional and online publications.
Robbins’ freelance articles have appeared in The Huffington Post, Forbes, the New York Daily News, Adweek, WebMD and Healthline. She wrote for the Mother Nature Network; The Forward; FromTheGrapevine; and Hadassah magazine, among others. Robbins was also a staff writer for Florida Today/USA Today, The Birmingham News and the Atlanta Business Chronicle/American City Business Journals.
In addition to major CEOs and politicians, she has interviewed such celebrities as Wolf Blitzer, Andy Gibb, Hank Aaron and Usher.
In 2009, Hands of Gold was a quarterfinalist for historical fiction in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Robbins also won three Simon Rockower Awards for Jewish journalism from the American Jewish Press Association, including an investigative piece about Jewish seniors who feel “Out of Touch” in nursing homes. Other prestigious news-writing awards come from The State Bar of Georgia, the Alabama Associated Press and the South Carolina Press Association.
Hands of Gold is her first novel.
For more on Robbins and her writing career, visit http://www.ronirobbins.com.
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