--- product_id: 41564421 title: "We Were the Lucky Ones" price: "KD 16.56" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41564421-we-were-the-lucky-ones store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # True story spanning multiple continents NYT Bestseller #4 Jewish Historical Fiction Tribute to hope & resilience in WWII We Were the Lucky Ones **Price:** KD 16.56 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🕯️ Discover the unforgettable story of hope that history almost forgot ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** We Were the Lucky Ones - **How much does it cost?** KD 16.56 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41564421-we-were-the-lucky-ones) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Emotional & Timely:** Explores themes of love, hope, and resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity—perfect for those who value meaningful, impactful stories. - • **A Legacy of Strength:** Celebrates the human spirit’s endurance and the power of family bonds, inspiring readers to reflect on courage and survival. - • **A Riveting True Story:** Based on the incredible real-life survival of the Kurc family during WWII, offering an authentic and deeply moving narrative. - • **Top-Ranked Bestseller:** Ranks #4 in Jewish Historical Fiction and boasts over 46,000 glowing reviews with a 4.6-star average—join the global community of readers who can't put it down. - • **Multi-Generational Perspective:** Follows three generations navigating war-torn Europe, providing rich historical context and emotional depth. ## Overview We Were the Lucky Ones is a New York Times bestselling novel inspired by the true story of the Kurc family, Jewish survivors separated during World War II. This powerful narrative chronicles their harrowing journey across continents, highlighting resilience, love, and the unbreakable bonds of family amid the darkest moments of the 20th century. Highly acclaimed and ranked #4 in Jewish Historical Fiction, it offers readers a profound and timely exploration of survival and hope. ## Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite— We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds “Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” — Glamour It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety. As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere. An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. Review: Amazing true story of WWII survival in Nazi occupied Poland. - This book really spoke to me as my mother was Jewish, and from Random, Poland. She was the only member of her immediate family to survive. The story follows a Jewish family of six, and their struggles to survive the Nazi occupation. It is very well written, and gives a clear understanding of survivors who used their wit, and intelligence to outwit the Germans. If you are a fan of true WWII stories you will not be disappointed. Review: I wish I could give it MANY more stars - While only the second month into the year, I can say with certainty that Georgia Hunter’s debut novel WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES is my favorite book of the year. Definitely one of the books that I will cherish. It is not only a poignant story, written so eloquently and with such heart, but the fact that it is based on the true story of her family makes it that much more special. The book is about a family of Polish Jews who were separated during World War II and what became of them. At many times, this is a difficult book to read, as it should be, given the subject. But because it is so hard to read, all the more reason to do so. I don’t remember the last time that I was so moved by words on a page, characters with such determination, and the evil that lay before them. To read page after page about the destruction of the war, the harsh reality of their living conditions, the brutality of the Nazi regime, and what the Jews were literally stripped of. It is a lesson in humanity, in history, and in how Poland was desecrated. As a third-generation immigrant, like Hunter, my grandparents came from Poland, and while they were in America before the war, nothing has impacted my heart more than reading this book. Surely my grandparents left behind friends and family and felt similar heartache as the Kurcs did with their beloved country. There are many lessons to be learned from reading this book other than how people cope with great sadness. It is about resilience, the strength of the human spirit, family, and love. Hunter is a writer to watch. Hunter's ancestors would be so proud of what she has done with this book. She has not only written a remarkable piece of literature but the effort that she put forth to gather her family’s history seems to have been no small feat, as you will learn. As a Jew and a human, I feel it was an honor to read WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES, to learn about every member of her family. I feel like I know each of them. They were the lucky ones and so are we to be given this book. ## Features - Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #84,944 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Jewish Historical Fiction #13 in Jewish Literature & Fiction #19 in Cultural Heritage Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 46,273 Reviews | ## Images ![We Were the Lucky Ones - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51s5miLY1bL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing true story of WWII survival in Nazi occupied Poland. *by S***U on May 31, 2026* This book really spoke to me as my mother was Jewish, and from Random, Poland. She was the only member of her immediate family to survive. The story follows a Jewish family of six, and their struggles to survive the Nazi occupation. It is very well written, and gives a clear understanding of survivors who used their wit, and intelligence to outwit the Germans. If you are a fan of true WWII stories you will not be disappointed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I wish I could give it MANY more stars *by C***P on March 10, 2017* While only the second month into the year, I can say with certainty that Georgia Hunter’s debut novel WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES is my favorite book of the year. Definitely one of the books that I will cherish. It is not only a poignant story, written so eloquently and with such heart, but the fact that it is based on the true story of her family makes it that much more special. The book is about a family of Polish Jews who were separated during World War II and what became of them. At many times, this is a difficult book to read, as it should be, given the subject. But because it is so hard to read, all the more reason to do so. I don’t remember the last time that I was so moved by words on a page, characters with such determination, and the evil that lay before them. To read page after page about the destruction of the war, the harsh reality of their living conditions, the brutality of the Nazi regime, and what the Jews were literally stripped of. It is a lesson in humanity, in history, and in how Poland was desecrated. As a third-generation immigrant, like Hunter, my grandparents came from Poland, and while they were in America before the war, nothing has impacted my heart more than reading this book. Surely my grandparents left behind friends and family and felt similar heartache as the Kurcs did with their beloved country. There are many lessons to be learned from reading this book other than how people cope with great sadness. It is about resilience, the strength of the human spirit, family, and love. Hunter is a writer to watch. Hunter's ancestors would be so proud of what she has done with this book. She has not only written a remarkable piece of literature but the effort that she put forth to gather her family’s history seems to have been no small feat, as you will learn. As a Jew and a human, I feel it was an honor to read WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES, to learn about every member of her family. I feel like I know each of them. They were the lucky ones and so are we to be given this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Miraculous! (*possible spoilers*) *by L***S on April 16, 2018* Maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention up front, but when I embarked upon this book I was expecting to read a story that would have fallen into the genre of “historical fiction,” i.e. a fictional account of a fictional family told against the backdrop of the all-too-real canvas of World War II. What I got instead was the astounding, near unbelievable, TRUE account of a Polish-Jewish family’s miraculous survival during this darkest time in human history. It is not until the epilogue/“Author’s Note” that we learn that the author’s Grandfather was in fact one of the main characters in her remarkable story. The author acknowledges that her family elders, quite understandably so, were not eager to discuss the horrors of their past. Given the sparsity of details that were handed down to her, I imagine that a good amount of this epic tale can be chalked up to poetic license, so to speak, and that the writing of this tome entailed a good deal of “fleshing out” of a very skeletal handed-down (and oftentimes not first-hand) account. Nevertheless, the essence of this tale is true, and nothing short of miraculous, awe-inspiring and, indeed, life-affirming. The protagonists here are Sol and Nechuma Kurc, their five young-adult children and their respective spouses. The story unfolds all over the far-flung corners of the globe during and after the Second World War: Poland, France, Siberia, Palestine, Argentina and, lastly, the United States. (Keeping track of the many main characters may have been a bit unwieldy, but the author handily provides a family tree at the book’s beginning, which I found myself consulting time after time.) The aspects of this story that moved me most deeply were: First, one cannot read this book without being struck by the perseverance and determination of the family members to provide for one another and simply to survive at the most elemental level during times of starvation, extreme weather, persecution and all the other privations of war-torn Europe. To say that We Were the Lucky Ones is a testament to the human spirit is to state the obvious. Second, the love this family held for one another and the cohesiveness of the family unit – especially when all else was lost – was something that really touched me. There is a not-so-very subtle message here about what matters most in life. The instances of self-sacrifice (Halina for her parents and Mila for her daughter, to name just a couple) are particularly noteworthy. Third, the family, having immigrated to the Unites States immediately post-war, made the utmost of their lives here, all going on to become successful in their chosen spheres. It strikes me that, as clichéd as it may sound, America is truly the land of opportunity for those who are willing to make it happen. As an American whose own Grandparents came here from Europe, I have to say that the author’s choice to bring this out brought a lump to my throat. I don’t know if it’s even possible to describe a Holocaust story as having a happy ending, but if it is at all possible – considering the devastating losses to the world and to humanity at large - this family’s story had one. In fact, the book lightly touches upon the concept of survivor’s guilt: Toward the end of the book one of the characters muses about how none of them should have survived, and yet (against the odds) all of them did. They were the lucky ones…. A word about the unspeakably brave souls who harbored the hunted: people like Halina’s boss who was willing to vouch for her (on more than one occasion), or like the peasant family who hid Sol and Nachuma behind a false wall in their home, or the Mother Superior who ran an orphanage and who was willing to accept the falsehood that little Felicia was “Aryan” in order to spare her life. To paraphrase a sentiment of Anne Frank’s: despite everything, there truly are good people in this world. In a world gone mad, these courageous individuals are true heroes. The sanctity of life and the belief that life is something worth fighting for are not new concepts to Holocaust literature. This book ranks right up there with the best in the lessons it has to impart. All in all, edge-of-your-seat story-telling, with an extremely poignant ending. Definitely recommended. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41564421-we-were-the-lucky-ones](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/41564421-we-were-the-lucky-ones) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-07-06*