His novel the girl from berlin won the national jewish book award and was the illinois reading councils adult fiction selection for their illinois reads program he is also the author of elis promise karolinas twins the trust saving sophie and the international bestseller once we were brothers he has appeared on many television and . Long time attorney and author ronald h balson follows up on his successful first novel once we were brothers with another look at family ties and conflict in saving sophie here we have a troubled accountant jack sommers who has been given the task of putting together a business sale and gets involved with embezzling the proceeds. His novel the girl from berlin won the national jewish book award and was the illinois reading councils adult fiction selection for their illinois reads program he is also the author of elis promise karolinas twins the trust saving sophie and the international bestseller once we were brothers . From ronald h balson author of once we were brothers saving sophie is the powerful story of the lengths a father will go through to protect his daughter and an action packed thriller that will take you on an unforgettable journey of murder and deception testing the bonds of family and love jack sommers was just an ordinary accountant from chicago that is until his wife passed away his . from ronald h balson author of once we were brothers saving sophie is the powerful story of the lengths a father will go through to protect his daughter and an action packed thriller that will take you on an unforgettable journey of murder and deception testing the bonds of fami