About the book
Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker, recounts with John and Elizabeth Sherrill how life above the family shop in Haarlem changed under Nazi occupation. She shared it with her sister Betsie and their elderly father, Casper, until Christian conviction drew the family into the Dutch Underground. Their home became the center of an operation to shelter Jews, with a secret room built to hide them during a raid, while Corrie wrestled with the lies and forgery the work demanded. After a betrayal the family was arrested, and Corrie was held at Ravensbrück. The title refers both to that hidden room and to Psalm 119:114. Published in 1971, it grew from research the Sherrills were doing for God's Smuggler.
Alison Alvarez, co-founder and CEO of BlastPoint, adapted some of the ways ten Boom kept her mind busy in solitary confinement and at Ravensbrück to cope with her own anxiety and worry. She also noted how much joy it holds despite its dark subject.
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Alison Alvarez (Co-Founder & CEO/Blastpoint.io)
What I really took with me from the book were the descriptions of how she dealt with the stress of solitary confinement and eventually the Ravensbruck concentration camp. I adapted some of her techniques for keeping her mind occupied to deal with my own problems with anxiety and worry. Also, it’s a book with a surprising amount of joy in it for subject matter that is so dark.
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