And as World War II rages overseas, Eleanor is consumed with worry for her Jewish relatives in Europe. She is timid and all together uncertain that she has much to offer the world. Seventeen-year-old Eleanor is nothing like her hero Eleanor Roosevelt. Having lived through her own dark moments, she tries to instill in them the divine sense of wonder life holds, always advising them to approach each challenge as another opportunity to say yes.The stirring and dramatic story of one young woman who must find a way to overcome her deepest fears in order to unlock the secret that will help America and the Allies to victory as World War II rages on. She is the married mother of two adult children, and one teenager. Prior to her career as a novelist, Cambria was an award-winning advertising copywriter.Ĭambria has served on the boards of the Los Angeles Leadership Council of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative, and University Synagogue. Her short play, Within Reach, was performed by the Jewish Women's Theatre.
Times Magazine, Parent News, Boys Life and the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. She also co-authored The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming, winner of the national Green Earth Book Award. The story was inspired by a year sabbatical she took with her family to live in Madrid. She's the author of The Poetry of Secrets, (Scholastic Press 2021) a young adult historical fiction novel set during the Spanish Inquisition. We must all do our part on a daily basis to combat it. It's not enough to believe in climate change, she maintains. She's a passionate environmentalist, who views our stewardship of the planet through both practical and spiritual eyes. Embracing the history and traditions formed by a people who have endured so much, yet still strive to emerge from darkness into light, informs her every act. Religion also plays a key role in Cambria's life and philosophy. She credits the lessons learned at home from her own mother and grandmother as being the cornerstone of her success. Secondary characters are main characters in their own stories." – CGĬambria is quick to point out the vast debt of gratitude she owes to those strong women who came before her - not only the public figures we all know and acknowledge, but those women who have no public persona but are the true backbone of feminism.
"In life, as in fiction, pay attention to everyone.
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