{"id":8,"date":"2025-11-04T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:19:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e7bf7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2e7bf7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6ea9d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6ea9d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d8b5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84d8b5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jeannie Opdyke Smith<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7160db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7160db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IRENE\u2019S<br> \nDAUGHTER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f634b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f634b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStories of rescue, redemption, and second chances.\nDaughter of Holocaust rescuer Irene Gut Opdyke,  Author of The Other Side of Thirst and the exceptional memoir Irene\u2019s Daughter.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921a676 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"921a676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a15f758 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a15f758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"about-sec\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8242b75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8242b75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80a2f47 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80a2f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mask-group-1-min.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-263\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mask-group-1-min.png 779w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mask-group-1-min-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mask-group-1-min-768x901.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be8e893 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be8e893\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-602930c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"602930c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a951541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a951541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">JEANNIE <br>\nOPDYKE SMITH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c12dce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c12dce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jeannie Opdyke Smith is the daughter of Irene Gut Opdyke, the Polish Catholic teen who hid twelve Jews during World War II\u2014an act recognized around the world and dramatized on Broadway (Irena\u2019s Vow) and on film. Carrying that legacy forward, Jeannie writes and speaks about moral courage and redemption for our moment. Her new memoir, <strong><em>Irene\u2019s Daughter,<\/em><\/strong> explores what it means to inherit a story of unimaginable bravery\u2014and to live it out in ordinary, costly ways. Her contemporary narrative, <strong><em>The Other Side of Thirst,<\/em><\/strong> offers a modern-day \u201cWoman at the Well\u201d journey from relational wreckage to renewal in Jesus. A sought-after voice for schools, universities, churches, and civic groups, Jeannie combines riveting storytelling with practical takeaways that equip listeners to choose compassion, take action, and begin again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1adb708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1adb708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/index.php\/about-the-author\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000008841-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-68\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255f8fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"255f8fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00909e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00909e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">about the book<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9d1c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9d1c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Books we have<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77bbd6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77bbd6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1672\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009423-min.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-273\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009423-min.png 1672w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009423-min-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009423-min-1024x395.png 1024w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009423-min-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009423-min-1536x593.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c637d32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c637d32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6f52c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6f52c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/index.php\/about-the-books\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009390-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-505\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6504d67 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6504d67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-182dbc2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"182dbc2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ff046f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ff046f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"388\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/03-copy-3-e1763149008327.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-405\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/03-copy-3-e1763149008327.png 388w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/03-copy-3-e1763149008327-269x300.png 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d25bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6d25bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb42c2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb42c2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">book we have<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd1b292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd1b292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In My Hands: <br>Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506aab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"506aab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Irene\u2019s story was told on Broadway in 2008 and was made into a major motion picture in 2024: Irena\u2019s Vow.<\/p><p>At seventeen, Irene Gut Opdyke chose action over apathy\u2014eavesdropping on Nazi plans, smuggling people to safety, and hiding twelve Jews in a German officer\u2019s basement. This acclaimed memoir reads like a thriller and lands like a calling, showing how small, hidden choices can save lives. A starred School Library Journal pick and a staple for classrooms and book clubs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60d42ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60d42ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f50d0e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f50d0e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Hands-Memories-Holocaust-Rescuer\/dp\/0553538845\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000008840.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-66\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1921ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1921ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Hands-Memories-Holocaust-Rescuer\/dp\/0553538845\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Group-1000009390.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-67\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02fca45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02fca45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Hands-Memories-Holocaust-Rescuer\/dp\/0553538845\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"57\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Explore Jeannie\u2019s work\u2014from a modern journey of redemption to a timeless testament of moral courage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8954af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8954af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1b9e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b1b9e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c59aee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c59aee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blog-img-e1767120652562.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec36ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLife rarely unfolds exactly as we plan. Unexpected seasons\u2014marked by uncertainty, loss, or sudden change\u2014can leave us feeling ungrounded and searching for meaning. Yet it is often during these moments that growth begins.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f597f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f597f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/finding-hope-and-purpose-through-lifes-unexpected-seasons\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58edf97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58edf97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d28bb78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d28bb78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blog-img-e1767120652562.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-637\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blog-img-e1767120652562.png 430w, https:\/\/readjeannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/blog-img-e1767120652562-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93472a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93472a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401d940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"401d940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Stories of Faith, Resilience, and Healing Matter More Than Ever<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9efd4e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9efd4e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn a fast-paced world filled with constant noise, stories that speak to faith, resilience, and healing offer something rare\u2014stillness and truth. 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