WE SHARE THE SAME SKY
PRESS KIT
BOOK HIGHLIGHTS
• Winner of Maine Literary Award, memoir category
• Shortlisted for William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, non-fiction
• Received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly: Read Here
• Listed as one of the “Best Books of August” by Apple Books
• Audible read by author Rachael Cerrotti
• Foreword by Stephen D. Smith, Finci-Viterbi Endowed Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation
• Paired with discussion questions & classroom resources
• Paperback will be released in August 2022
• Supported by the Jewish Book Council
MEDIA FEATURES (more here: www.rachaelcerrotti.com/press)
• NBC10 Boston: Boston Native Retraces Grandmother's Holocaust Story in New Book (video)
• Portland Press Herald: In memoir, they ‘share the same sky’
• The Boston Globe: Rachael Cerrotti tells the story of her grandmother
• WBUR: Beyond Sides of History (award-winning multimedia series, 2017)
OVERVIEW & REVIEWS: www.rachaelcerrotti.com/book
BOOK TOUR: http://www.rachaelcerrotti.com/speaking
PUBLISHER: Blackstone Publishing
CLASSROOM MATERIALS: Created with USC Shoah Foundation / IWitness and Echoes & Reflections.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: https://sharethesamesky.com/discussion-questions
PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS (listen here: www.sharethesamesky.com/podcast)
• Listed as one of the Best Podcasts of 2019 by HuffPost
• Selected as a “Reader Pick” for Vulture of New York Magazine
• Runner up in the Prose Category for Miller Audio Prize
• Listed by for 6 consecutive months as a “Show We Love” by Apple Podcasts
• First-ever narrative podcast based off of a Holocaust Survivor’s Testimony and first-ever podcast presented by USC Shoah Foundation
• Supported with classroom materials from USC Shoah Foundation and now being taught in classrooms around the world
LONG BIO:
Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, audio producer, educator and visual storyteller. For over a decade, she has been retracing her grandmother’s Holocaust survival story and documenting the echoes of WWII. In the fall of 2019, she released a narrative podcast, titled We Share The Same Sky, about this story. The show was the first-ever documentary podcast to be based on a Holocaust survivor’s testimony. It was listed as one of the best podcasts of 2019 by HuffPost, as a “Show We Love” by Apple Podcasts, and a “Reader’s Pick” by Vulture Magazine. In addition it received a literary award from The Missouri Review. The show is now being taught in classrooms worldwide, accompanied by educational resources developed by USC Shoah Foundation’s IWitness and Echoes & Reflections.
Rachael’s memoir, also titled ‘We Share The Same Sky’ is her first book. It won a Maine Literary Award, was shortlisted for the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and listed as one of the “Best Books of August” by Apple Books. She is currently adapting this story for a traveling museum exhibit that will open in the fall of 2023.
Rachael’s work has been featured by NPR, PRI’s The World, WBUR, GBH, The Washington Post, amongst others. And, from 2020-2022, Rachael held the role as USC Shoah Foundaion’s Inaugural Storyteller in Residence. In that position, she produced a conversational podcast called “The Memory Generation.”
Rachael has worked in over a dozen countries and is now happily putting down roots in Portland, Maine. Learn more at: www.rachaelcerrotti.com & www.sharethesamesky.com
SHORT BIO:
Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, audio producer, educator and visual storyteller. Her work focuses on exploring the inheritance of memory. She has released two podcasts – the first was a narrative show, titled We Share The Same Sky, which follows her decade-long journey to retrace her grandmother’s refugee story. That show was listed as one of the best podcasts of 2019 by HuffPost and is now being taught in classrooms worldwide. Her more recent show, The Memory Generation, is a series of conversations and was produced during her time as USC Shoah Foundation’s Inaugural Storyteller in Residence. Her memoir, also titled We Share The Same Sky, was published in 2021 and received the Maine Literary Award. Rachael is currently curating a traveling museum exhibit based off her book which will open in the fall of 2022. Rachael is based in Portland, Maine. Learn more at: www.rachaelcerrotti.com & www.sharethesamesky.com
FEW-LINE BIO:
Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, audio producer, educator and visual storyteller. She has released two podcasts, a memoir, and was the Inaugural Storyteller in Residence for USC Shoah Foundation. She is currently curating her first museum exhibit.
QUICK LINKS & SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: @rachaelcerrotti / @sharethesamesky
Podcast: www.sharethesamesky.com/podcast & www.memorygenerationpodcast.com
Purchase Book: www.rachaelcerrotti.com/book
PHOTOGRAPHS
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