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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
''A standalone classic . . . An incredible book, remarkable for its unflinching gaze at the past and also for its hope''
GUARDIAN, ''Books to Give You Hope''
''Remarkable . . . Makes it clear just what an achievement it was starting over again, when survivors were not only economically and physically depleted, but emotionally devastated, too''
SCOTSMAN
Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday and sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depended on endless strokes of luck, her own determination and the love and protection of her mother Fritzi, who was deported with her.
When Auschwitz was liberated, Eva and Fritzi began the long journey home. They searched desperately for Eva''s father and brother, from whom they had been separated. The news came some months later. Tragically, both men had been killed.
Before the war, in Amsterdam, Eva had
Trade Review
If it is possible to write with stark sensitivity then Eva has managed it, illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit. After 60 years Eva Schloss is finally telling her own story and it deserves to be read. * Daily Express *
