Morris has exclusively shared the cover forCilka’s Journeywith EW.

Read on below.Cilka’s Journeypublishes Oct. 1 and isavailable for pre-order.

HEATHER MORRIS: The day Lale said the words “Did I tell you about Cilka?

Heather Morris

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Her strength has to be celebrated.

Tattooistwas born out of your conversations with Lale.

Did his spirit and story continue to guide you in writing this next chapter?

Cilka’s Journey

St. Martin’s Press

There is no Lale and Gita story without Cilka.

What kind of research did you do?

For this book particularly, did you ever find it overwhelming?

I read many testimonies of other women who spent time in the same gulag as Cilka.

What do you hope readers take away fromCilka’s Journey?

They deserve what we have.

This is another harrowing, inspiring story.

Is there a reason you keep returning to this world, however painful it is?

“They are us.

We are one” Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand prime minister.

It’s that simple, folks.

There are so many stories to tell and deserving of their place on our bookshelves, in our hearts.

How are you resting with the success ofTattooist?

Why do you think it resonated on such a large scale?

At times uncomfortably, unable to comprehend the success of my debut novel.

Delighted that so many people ask, “What happened to Cilka?

I need to know.”