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One of the memoirs we published, Never Far Apart,

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uh, by Ellen Foster and Kitty Salsberg.

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Ellen and Kitty survived as orphans in the Budapest Ghetto.

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They came over as war orphans to Canada

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and they wrote their memoir.

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Um, each one, each took, wrote every other chapter.

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So one chapter is Ellen and one chapter is Kitty.

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And they, they tell the story of their survival

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and life after the war.

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And Kitty submitted the memoir

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and we published it,

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and Ellen didn't come for the book launch.

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And when we decided to film Kitty, she said,

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"It's such a shame you can't film Ellen too."

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Ellen, when she was eighteen, moved to LA with her husband

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and her family there, and they, she would go back and forth

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and visit Kitty and Kitty would visit her,

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but it had been a long time

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and Ellen couldn't travel because of health reasons.

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So I had this idea, like, okay, well if Ellen can't travel

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and we want to film Kitty

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and Ellen together, why not bring Kitty to LA?

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And uh, we did.

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It, to me, it was a thrill.

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I thought, I'll never see my sister again

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because she's 83 already and I'm 80

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and it's very hard to travel.

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Well, it's wonderful, you know, I have a chance

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to boss her around again.

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Tell her how to take care of her health.

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It was such a beautiful interview.

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I remember the way that they would speak to each other,

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and as they spoke, they kind of became little girls again.

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It was really sweet. And while we were there, Kitty said,

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"Well, I'm gonna have to say goodbye soon."

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And I said, "Yeah, but you'll see her again."

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She goes, "No, I don't think I will, honey.

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It's a lot of work for me to travel.

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Ellen doesn't travel and I don't think I'm gonna make this

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journey again, but I speak

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to her on the phone every day, so I'll see her.

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I'm not worried. I'll speak to her. I'm not worried."

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And I said, "But this is the

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last time you're gonna be together?"

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The next day we were flying home to Toronto.

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So Kitty said, "Okay, bye Ellen."

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And they hugged and we were putting Ellen into a cab.

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And I would, I remember not letting go of them,

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like just holding them, just having a sister

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and knowing that this is the last hug.

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I remember Kitty was consoling me at the end.

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She was like, "It's okay, Jody. I'll speak to her tomorrow.

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Don't be sad." And I said, "Kitty, you don't be sad."

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She goes, "I'm okay." I'm like, "I'm not okay."

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But I think these little gifts that we're doing

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for our authors, I don't, I think they're,

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I mean, they're gifts for us too.

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But um, that was a very special trip.

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Something that really stands out for me.

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My being able to come here this way

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has made my sister very happy.

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Oh, yes. And if you make my sister happy, I assure you

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that's a wonderful feeling for me.

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Thank you so much. Thank you.