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Jul 2, 2024 | 
jewishbookcouncil.org | Stefan Hertmans |David McKay |Anne Berest |Tina Kover
Review By – July 2, 2024 Many readers pick up memoirs about families who survived the Holocaust and expect them to engage with every element of the Shoah. These demands are noble in nature, but they often overlook the fact that the experiences of the individual are what truly distinguish a memoir.
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May 27, 2024 | 
jewishbookcouncil.org | Anne Berest |Tina Kover |Robin Judd |Leah Cohen
On an unusually sunny February afternoon in 2009, the well-known Ladino folk singer Flory Jagoda drove me through the streets of Alexandria, Virginia. I remember little of the drive to the metro station, but I recall questioning my sanity as the car sped through the streets, heading toward the yellow line’s Braddock Station. Flory Jagoda careened through the streets as I continued to interview her.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
citylights.com | Anne Berest
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS, AN INSTANT NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER, AND A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICENamed a Most Anticipated Book by the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Bustle, Book Riot, VogueNamed a May ABA Indie Next PickFinalist for Fiction and Book Club for the National Jewish Book AwardWinner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, the Prix Renaudot des lycéens, and the ELLE Readers Prize"Powerful, meticulously imagined...
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
jewishbookcouncil.org | Anne Berest |Tina Kover
This Hanukkah, we have eight book recommendations for eight days of latkes, love, and literature! “The Only Daughter tells the story of twelve-year-old Rachele Luzzatto, an Italian Jewish girl who must simultaneously navigate the Christmas holidays and her father’s sudden health problems.” ‑Isadora Kianovsky “Shabbat is largely made up of recipes from Sussman’s own Shabbat table, interspersed with flavors and dishes that grace the Shabbat tables of those closest...
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
marieclaire.fr | Anne Berest
Je n’allais pas laisser passer cette opportunité. J’entendais dire, depuis quelques semaines, depuis que le film fut projeté au Festival de Cannes, que Little Girl Blue était une œuvre "inclassable" et que Marion Cotillard y était "exceptionnelle".
Ma curiosité aiguisée, je sentais que le film de Mona Achache était un rendez-vous qu’il ne fallait pas manquer.
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Jun 22, 2023 | 
niagarafallsreview.ca | Janet Somerville |Anne Berest |Tina Kover
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Jun 22, 2023 | 
therecord.com | Janet Somerville |Anne Berest |Tina Kover
The PostcardBy Anne Berest, translated by Tina Kover kAmkDEC@?8mtFC@A2 t5:E:@?D[ cfd A286D[ Sbh]hdk^DEC@?8mk^Am k5:G 4=2DDlQ25{236=(C2AA6C|2?F2= 9:556?\=8Qm p#%xr{t r~}%x}&t$ qt{~( k5:G 4=2DDlQE?E\25D\4@?E2:?6C E6IE\46?E6C Q m k5:G :5lQ:?DE@CJ\E@A\2DD6EQ 4=2DDlQE?E\25D 57A\25Q DEJ=6lQ>:?\96:89Eiad_AIj >:?\H:5E9ib__AIjQ 52E2\2=H2JD\=@25lQECF6Q m kD4C:AEm 8@@8=6E28]4>5]AFD9W7F?4E:@?WX L 8@@8=6E28]5:DA=2JWV:?DE@CJ\E@A\2DD6EVXj NXj k^D4C:AEm k^5:Gm k^5:Gm k^5:GmkAmx? y2?F2CJ a__b[ 2?
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
bookbrowse.com | Anne Berest
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A powerful Holocaust story
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.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
piper.de | Anne Berest
Meine Mutter hat sich die erste Zigarette des Tages angezündet, ihre liebste, die einem beim Aufwachen die Lunge verbrennt. Dann ist sie vors Haus gegangen, um die weiße Pracht zu bewundern, die das ganze Viertel bedeckte. In der Nacht waren mindestens zehn Zentimeter Schnee gefallen. Sie blieb trotz der Kälte lange draußen stehen, rauchend und die unwirkliche Stimmung genießend, die sich über ihren Garten gelegt hatte.
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May 26, 2023 | 
piper.de | Anne Berest
Meine Mutter hat sich die erste Zigarette des Tages angezündet, ihre liebste, die einem beim Aufwachen die Lunge verbrennt. Dann ist sie vors Haus gegangen, um die weiße Pracht zu bewundern, die das ganze Viertel bedeckte. In der Nacht waren mindestens zehn Zentimeter Schnee gefallen. Sie blieb trotz der Kälte lange draußen stehen, rauchend und die unwirkliche Stimmung genießend, die sich über ihren Garten gelegt hatte.
