“Unraveling Destiny: Amy Fish Reveals the Secrets Behind ‘One In Six Million’ and Its Unforgettable Journey”
Lara Lillibridge: This book — One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust — is very different from what you’ve written previously, and I want to start with how you got the idea to write this book, and when you knew this was going to be your next big project.
Amy Fish: To start at the beginning, I knew that I wanted to write a researched nonfiction book, so my eyes were open for a good story. And I think that’s important for everyone to know. My great uncle passed away. I walked into his Shiva, which is like a post funeral gathering, and I started talking to this man, Stanley, who appeared to be very boring, and it looked like I had drawn the short straw. My great uncle had only one daughter, so we were all helping her host the Shiva. And so it was my turn, and it was the late afternoon, and I remember it so clearly—the sun streaming down, and he sat in my uncle’s chair, which was really a no-no, right? And so then I had to go and chat with this gentleman.
