Leah Friedman is looking for a Holocaust novel or memoir suitable for a Bais Yaakov high school.
I suggest Motherland, a memoir by Fern Shumer Chapman. The author's mother escaped from Germany in 1938, and mother and daughter travel to the mother's home town in 1990. Her mother has never escaped the trauma of being sent to America at the age of 12 and subsequent loss of her family in the Holocaust, and throughout her life has felt unloved and unable to talk about her past. In Germany, mother and daughter uncover the town's memories and secrets, from the town historian, a former Nazi, to a childhood friend who actively resisted the Nazis. Through the visit, both Jews and townspeople face their past, and the memories and motivations that were long buried. The memoir is more about the legacy of the Holocaust more than its horrors, and is a mother-daughter story as well. Eva Radding Librarian Facing History and Ourselves 16 Hurd Road Brookline, MA 02445 617-735-1680 www.facinghistory.org This email and any information attached to it may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use or dissemination of the information is prohibited. Please notify the sender that you received the email in error and delete any record of this message.
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