Critical Praise

“In a well-written narrative that reads like a novel, she relates the escalating fear and humiliating indignities she and others endured, as well as the anti-Semitism of friends and neighbors...Her story is important both as a personal testament and as an inspiring example of example of perseverancein the face of terrible adversity.”

—Publishers Weekly

“In setting down her own tale of surivival...Edith Han Beer provides a fascinating addition to the testimonial literature.”

—Dallas Morning News

"The woman whose courage, strength, and defiance made internationa headlines tells her riveting story of identity and conscience. This extraordinary book is destined to become one of the best Holocaust memoirs available."

—Library Journal

“This extraordinary book is destined to become one of the best Holocaust memoirs available.”

—Library Journal

“Unusual and unusually eloquent.”

—The New York Post

“A remarkable story.” 

—Jerusalem Post

"A beautiful story of survival, an inspiring tale of overcoming fear."

—Washington Jewish Week