Saturday, December 15, 2012

My Books - take a look


A READER'S REVIEW FROM AMAZON.COM

5.0 out of 5 stars A Haunting Story April 18, 2012
Format:Paperback
In this book, the author has told a haunting story that weaves together the Holocaust, survival, memory, guilt, expiation, legacy, and, in the end, a qualified triumph.

I admire how Ms. Applebaum has taken her own story and imagined it into a fictional one that combines the past and present in a way that will touch many people - people who may know something about the Holocaust, but who see it only as something that happened in the past...a more and more distant past.

And by keeping it so personal, so much a story of a few sharply-drawn characters, she has followed in the tradition of "Anne Frank" and "Schindler's List."

The scale of the Holocaust, like that of only a few other catastrophes in history, is literally unimaginable, and people turn away from it. But by focusing on one small story in that terrible time, she has created a reality that everyone can understand and feel, as they read of the near-unbelievable things that happened to people not so different, really, from themselves.




Both books are available at both Fastpencil.com and Amazon.com in print and E-book (Kindle & Nook both) Print version $20,  E-book $9.99  Free preview of first ten pages available.



















No comments:

Post a Comment