Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story - Brossura

Kirschner, Ann

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1416541705 ISBN 13: 9781416541707

Casa editrice: Free Press, 2007

Riassunto

Recounts how the author's mother revealed her five-year incarceration in a Nazi work camp, during which she kept a secret box of photographs, keepsakes, letters, and memories about her harrowing experiences. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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Recensione

"Kirschner allows her mother's poignant story to emerge from these heartbreaking missives, filling in the gaps with a dignified, quietly eloquent connecting narrative...[an] incredible journey through hell and back." -- Kirkus (starred review)

"Sala Kirschner spent five years as a slave in Nazi camps as a teen. Now her daughter has gathered Sala's vintage snapshots and the letters that reached her in the camps into a moving volume." -- People

"Evidence of humanity in the face of terrible conditions and of the religious faith and ritual that persisted despite the Nazi campaign to eliminate the Jews." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Sala's unique, stirring end-of-life gift are the letters and photos she received from her sister Raizel when Sala was a slave laborer.... A touching, interesting, and valuable history, one in which the personalities of the principals shine through the wretchedness." -- Jewish Book World

L'autore

Ann Kirschner is University Dean of Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York. She began her career as a lecturer in Victorian literature at Princeton University, where she had earned a Ph.D. in English. A writer and contributor to a variety of newspapers and other publications, she has built a career as an entrepreneur in media and technology. She lives with her family in New York City, a short drive from her mother's home.

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• Editore: Free Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416541705
• ISBN 13: 9781416541707
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336