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I want you to know we're still here : a post-Holocaust memoir / Esther Safran Foer.
"Esther Safran Foer grew up in a family where history was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust was always felt but never discussed. So when Esther's mother casually mentions an astonishing revelation--that her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed in the Holocaust--Esther resolves to find the truth. Armed with only a black-and-white photo and hand-drawn map, she travels to Ukraine, determined to find the shtetl where her father hid during the war. What she finds not only reshapes her identity but gives her the long-denied opportunity to mourn the all-but-forgotten dead"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525575986 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 231 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Subject: | Foer, Esther Safran > Family. Children of Holocaust survivors > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
A Jewish-American community leader and founding CEO of Sixth & I describes her parentsâ silence on their Holocaust experiences and her visit to the Ukraine in search of her familyâs stories. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"Esther Safran Foer grew up in a family where history was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust was always felt but never discussed. So when Esther's mother casually mentions an astonishing revelation--that her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed in the Holocaust--Esther resolves to find the truth. Armed with only a black-and-white photo and hand-drawn map, she travels to Ukraine, determined to find the shtetl where her father hid during the war. What she finds not only reshapes her identity but gives her the long-denied opportunity to mourn the all-but-forgotten dead"-- - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS FINALIST ⢠âPart personal quest, part testament, and all thoughtfully, compassionately written.ââThe Washington Post
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âEsther Safran Foer is a force of nature: a leader of the Jewish people, the matriarch of Americaâs leading literary family, an eloquent defender of the proposition that memory matters. And now, a riveting memoirist.ââJeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR
Esther Safran Foer grew up in a home where the past was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust loomed in the backdrop of daily life, felt but never discussed. The result was a childhood marked by painful silences and continued tragedy. Even as she built a successful career, married, and raised three children, Esther always felt herself searching.
So when Estherâs mother casually mentions an astonishing revelationâthat her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed in the HolocaustâEsther resolves to find out who they were, and how her father survived. Armed with only a black-and-white photo and a hand-drawn map, she travels to Ukraine, determined to find the shtetl where her father hid during the war. What she finds reshapes her identity and gives her the opportunity to finally mourn.
I Want You to Know Weâre Still Here is the poignant and deeply moving story not only of Estherâs journey but of four generations living in the shadow of the Holocaust. They are four generations of survivors, storytellers, and memory keepers, determined not just to keep the past alive but to imbue the present with life and more life.
