A Brilliant Life (eBook)

An Unforgettable Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz and Learning to Live Again

Rachelle Unreich (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
336 Seiten
Black & White Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78530-653-2 (ISBN)

Infos

'A delicate, evocative story of strength and survival that turns on one of the most powerful forces in the known universe: a mother's love.' - Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist A powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter - a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal.Born in Czechoslovakia, Mira was only 12 years old when World War II broke out and 17 when the Nazis finally caught up with her. Torn apart from her family, she went on to survive four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and a Death March when she was too weak to walk. She lived when almost everyone she knew did not.At 88, living in Australia, Mira is diagnosed with cancer and her daughter, a journalist, decides to interview her to distract her from her illness. As Mira gives her testimony Rachelle comes to understand how Mira's unique perspective - seeing her experiences through the lens of the goodness of the people who helped her - protected her from the depths of humanity's cruelty, and enabled her to go on to live a full and brilliant life.Rachelle also fits together the jigsaw pieces of her own life as a child of a survivor. She comes to understand that however different their lives have been, she and her mother are uniquely united by a fierce inner strength to live, and a mystery of strange things that always seem to happen around them.A beautiful story of love, loss, wonder and the deepest kind of trust in life, A Brilliant Life questions the role that fate, chance and destiny play. It is a tribute to family, a story of incredible resilience, and a chronicle of the deep connection between a mother and a child which not even death can destroy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.11.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Schlagworte: always remember your name • Auschwitz • Australian Holocaust memoir • child of survivor • daniel finkelstein • daughter of Auschwitz • Death march • Edith Edger, The Choice, The Gift, Man's Search for Meaning • escape artist • Genocide • Heather Morris • Hitler Stalin Mum Dad • Holocaust • holocaust book true stories survival Auschwitz survivors WWII Germany nazis • holocaust stories • Holocaust survivors true stories • Israel • Jonathan Freeland • lily's promise • living with trauma • promised land • PTSD • Second World War • Siberia concentration camps human humane humanity journey world war 2 prison camp Gulags • tattooist of auschwitz • the tattooist of Auschwitz Lale Gita Cilka Man who broke into heartbreaking true war stories • the tattooist True war stories The Twins of Auschwitz The Boy from Block 66 • The Volunteer • three sisters Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz Schindler's List The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • trauma healing • victor frankl • World War
• ISBN-10: 1-78530-653-7 / 1785306537
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78530-653-2 / 9781785306532