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Author: Wendy Holden ,
Elizabeth Wiley
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9781665279345
ISBN 10: 1665279346
Publication Date: 31 January 2017
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"An astonishing and deeply moving work.-- ""Booklist Starred Review"" ""Born Survivors, is exceptionally fresh history, a work of prodigious original research, written with zealous empathy."" -- "" New York Times"" ""An astonishing and deeply moving work...with remarkable detail gleaned from a wealth of research."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""Even though it occurred more than seventy years ago, the story's truth is so chillingly portrayed that it seems as if it could have happened recently...An engrossing, intense, and highly descriptive narrative."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Holden's triple biography is packed with enough contextual information to qualify as a history lesson but makes its impression as a tale of undeniable courage and astonishing love in the face of incredible cruelty and evil."" -- ""Contra Costa Times"" ""Packed with harrowing detail and impressively well-researched...[An] intense, powerful, and moving...testament to these three women and the miraculous survival of their children."" -- ""Jewish Chronicle"""
An astonishing and deeply moving work.-- Booklist Starred Review Born Survivors, is exceptionally fresh history, a work of prodigious original research, written with zealous empathy. -- New York Times An astonishing and deeply moving work...with remarkable detail gleaned from a wealth of research. -- Booklist (starred review) Even though it occurred more than seventy years ago, the story's truth is so chillingly portrayed that it seems as if it could have happened recently...An engrossing, intense, and highly descriptive narrative. -- Kirkus Reviews Holden's triple biography is packed with enough contextual information to qualify as a history lesson but makes its impression as a tale of undeniable courage and astonishing love in the face of incredible cruelty and evil. -- Contra Costa Times Packed with harrowing detail and impressively well-researched...[An] intense, powerful, and moving...testament to these three women and the miraculous survival of their children. -- Jewish Chronicle
Author Information
WENDY HOLDEN's first novel, The Sense of Paper, was published by Random House, New York, in 2006 to widespread critical acclaim. Other works have included the best-selling novelization of the award-winning films The Full Monty, plus Shell Shock - an investigation into PTSD from the First World War. She lives on a farm in Suffolk, England, with her husband and two dogs. Elizabeth Wiley, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a seasoned actor, dialect coach, and theater professor. In addition to her growing portfolio of audiobooks, her voice can be heard in The Idea of America, Colonial Williamsburg's virtual learning curriculum; in Paul Meier's e-textbook Speaking Shakespeare; and modeling US-English on one of the world's top language-learning products.
