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A Dutch Jew who survived the Holocaust by hiding out with her family in a Protestant household recounts her harrowing ordeal, which culminated with a German officer being billeted in the same house. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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"I never realized that there could be such suffering in the world, and that anyone could live through it."
-- Excerpt from Edith's diary, July 1, 1945
"Truly moving...leaving one with great hope in humanity."
-- The Times (London)
"Edith's Story, the memoir of an Anne Frank who lived, reminds us of the old horror all the more effectively by not being a horror story. Evil and grief, without being scanted, are outshone by sweetness, freshness, and pluck."
-- Roy Blount Jr.
International praise for Edith's Story:
"The most vivid evocation of the experience of Nazi Occupation I have ever read."
-- The Independent (London)
"It's impossible to get through this inspiring and great-hearted volume dry-eyed, or without admiration for people who so bravely persevere through unimaginable hardship and privation."
-- The Washington Post
"Velmans' candid portrayal of herself as a feisty, loving, sometimes self-absorbed teenager is thoroughly engaging and her story throws a new light on the plight of Jews who survived the war hidden in plain sight."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Edith's Story gives all the pain and pleasure of reading Anne Frank for the first time."
-- Esther Freud
"A significant Holocaust memoir... A valuable opportunity to see the situation just outside Anne's attic."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A quiet, gripping narrative with the writer's hindsight and restrained commentary."
-- ALA Booklist (starred review)
"One of the best and most moving memoirs I have ever read."
-- Ruth Rendell
"The miracle of this story is not that Edith survived, but that she survived with her love of life intact."
-- The Roanoke Times
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-- Excerpt from Edith's diary, July 1, 1945
"Truly moving...leaving one with great hope in humanity."
-- The Times (London)
"Edith's Story, the memoir of an Anne Frank who lived, reminds us of the old horror all the more effectively by not being a horror story. Evil and grief, without being scanted, are outshone by sweetness, freshness, and pluck."
-- Roy Blount Jr.
International praise for Edith's Story:
"The most vivid evocation of the experience of Nazi Occupation I have ever read."
-- The Independent (London)
"It's impossible to get through this inspiring and great-hearted volume dry-eyed, or without admiration for people who so bravely persevere through unimaginable hardship and privation."
-- The Washington Post
"Velmans' candid portrayal of herself as a feisty, loving, sometimes self-absorbed teenager is thoroughly engaging and her story throws a new light on the plight of Jews who survived the war hidden in plain sight."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Edith's Story gives all the pain and pleasure of reading Anne Frank for the first time."
-- Esther Freud
"A significant Holocaust memoir... A valuable opportunity to see the situation just outside Anne's attic."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A quiet, gripping narrative with the writer's hindsight and restrained commentary."
-- ALA Booklist (starred review)
"One of the best and most moving memoirs I have ever read."
-- Ruth Rendell
"The miracle of this story is not that Edith survived, but that she survived with her love of life intact."
-- The Roanoke Times
After the war, Edith Velmans became a psychologist and eventually settled in the United States. In 1996, she was knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. She and her husband now live in Sheffield, Massachusetts.
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- EditoreBantam Dell Pub Group
- Data di pubblicazione2001
- ISBN 10 0553381105
- ISBN 13 9780553381108
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine238
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