An incredibly unique memoir of life during the holocaust and after, and the effects that trickle down through time.
The author got her mother to write what she would not speak about, write about her life before during and after the horrors of Hitler and his henchmen. The bulk of the book is set in Poland and Russia which gave it a unique aspect.
The first generation of survivors lived in constant fear and silence, constantly looking over their shoulders long after the war ended. Their children absorbed it all and learned to grow up with tremendous distrust! And so it goes...generation after generation....
The fact that this memoir was translated into English was a blessing.
" ...the second generation inherited the responsibility to remember the legacy of the vibrant Jewish culture...to never forget the horror of the Holocaust, and to speak for the generation that was forced into silence." ( )