Stranded – The diary of an American tourist in 1914 Europe

Boston teacher Dora Lourie is in Switzerland on the trip of a lifetime when war is declared across Europe. 

Armies mobilise. Banks close. Food runs short. 

She is now just one of thousands of Americans trapped and desperate to get home. 

Naomi Clifford has researched Dora’s remarkable seven-week diary which tells the story of this forgotten episode in the history of the First World War. 

Publishing in November 2025.