Helpful Score: 5
This book started out as a memoir about the difficulties of the Ghetto. It was very interesting and the author was extremely young, which makes it astounding that she should remember so much from that time. Still, it was interesting to read about the Ghetto and going into hiding.
Halfway through the book, the war is over. A short bit of time is spent discussing the troubles of recuperating and living in Communist Poland, but then it turns into a memoir that quickly grows repetitive, the author reminiscing about her failed marriages and depressions.
Still, the first half is worth reading.
Halfway through the book, the war is over. A short bit of time is spent discussing the troubles of recuperating and living in Communist Poland, but then it turns into a memoir that quickly grows repetitive, the author reminiscing about her failed marriages and depressions.
Still, the first half is worth reading.
Helpful Score: 3
Memoir of a young Polish Jewish girl who survived the Krakow ghetto and spent much of her childhood in hiding. Some of the accounts of violence and cruelty were devastating. The book goes beyond the war to track how the girl who saw herself in Spielberg's Shindler's List was impacted by her early childhood experiences.
