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A moving and joyful celebration of not only survival but also resilience and joy, expressed through 90 black-and-white portraits of Holocaust survivors and personal stories of their postwar lives. The survivors, many photographed with their family members, share lessons they have learned and pass on the wisdom that comes from building a life of one's choosing out of the wreckage of despair. Van Sise, an award-winning 20-year veteran photojournalist, spent four years working with Holocaust museums and outreach organisations to compile these captivating images and textual vignettes. The result is an inspirational keepsake that readers will treasure. Completing the volume are essays by Dr. Mayim Bialik, Neil Gaiman, and Sabrina Orah Mark. AUTHOR: Van Sise is a 20-year veteran photojournalist whose work has been featured in major solo exhibitions at the Center for Creative Photography and the Center for Jewish History, as well as in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery. He is an Independent Book Publishers Awards gold medalist and a Prix de la Photographie Paris award winner. He lives in New York City. SELLING POINTS; . Both an art-photography book and a collection of inspirational recollections-the perfect gift for lovers of Jewish stories or anyone seeking a celebration of life . A beautiful cloth-bound volume that will accompany a traveling exhibition of the same name . Includes essays by Dr. Mayim Bialik, Neil Gaiman, and Sabrina Orah Mark 90 b/w images

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Van Sise is a 20-year veteran photojournalist whose work has been featured in major solo exhibitions at the Center for Creative Photography and the Center for Jewish History, as well as in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery. He is an Independent Book Publishers Awards gold medalist and a Prix de la Photographie Paris award winner. He lives in New York City. bavansise.com

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