Thank you Netgalley and Blackstone Publishing for the gifted book!
written and narrated by: Rachael Cerrotti
rating: really liked
I knew this book was a granddaughter writing her grandmother's Holocaust story, but what I was pleasantly surprised by is it's also the granddaughter's memoir of writing that story, tracing the footsteps her grandmother walked, and living out her own life story in light of that. In one word I would describe this book as evocative. You feel the tension Rachael feels as she pieces together the real life places and people who crafted her grandmother's story, and you experience the roller coaster of emotions that brings to her own life and experiences. I love stories, real or imagined, about the connection of people. People befriending one another, strangers becoming family, an acquaintance changing the trajectory of a life. This is one of those stories that celebrates what it means to be human and what it means to be connected by time and events that shape the world.
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