Reader Review: "The Postcard"
by Roberta (Los Ranchos): I have a profound respect for this author who took on researching her family's Holocaust story. There are so many books written about the Holocaust, but when the story is about a family or just one or two people, it becomes so much more powerful and moving.
An anonymous postcard is delivered to the author's mother's home. On the front is photo of an opera house in France and on the backside of the card are the names of four of the author's relatives who died at Auschwitz in 1942. There is nothing more on the card. The postage stamp is upside down. This card leads the author to start a search for her family's history as well as to try to find out who sent the card. So there is a bit of mystery in the book.
What was remarkable for me was Anne Berest's self-discovery about being a Jew and how her family's trauma was part of her own DNA.
The book is poignant, sad and very moving. I recommend it highly.
by Roberta (Los Ranchos): I have a profound respect for this author who took on researching her family's Holocaust story. There are so many books written about the Holocaust, but when the story is about a family or just one or two people, it becomes so much more powerful and moving.
An anonymous postcard is delivered to the author's mother's home. On the front is photo of an opera house in France and on the backside of the card are the names of four of the author's relatives who died at Auschwitz in 1942. There is nothing more on the card. The postage stamp is upside down. This card leads the author to start a search for her family's history as well as to try to find out who sent the card. So there is a bit of mystery in the book.
What was remarkable for me was Anne Berest's self-discovery about being a Jew and how her family's trauma was part of her own DNA.
The book is poignant, sad and very moving. I recommend it highly.
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