"Luminous and moving work . An invaluable addition to the literature of history's most terrible tragedy . A voice not of defeat, but of affirmation." --Gerald Green, author of Holocaust "Soul. That is what this book stands for. Soul. Dostoevsky would have approved of it." --Henry Miller "Profoundly moving .

Leitner writes with a searing sensitivity that can move one to tears." -- Publishers Weekly "Commands immediate nonstop reading. [Leitner] writes sparely, hauntingly, about very specific details--faces, voices, in a way that renders the unbearable real. She breaks my heart open." --Phyllis Chesler, author of Women and Madness "Shatteringly eloquent." --Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg "One of the ever-glowing gems of the Holocaust experience." --Meyer Levin, author of Compulsion "A cry of such agony as I have never heard--all the more telling because of its simplicity and lack of sentimentality. I want the whole world to read it.

" --Howard Fast, author of The Immigrant's Daughter "Destined to be a classic in the literature of the holocaust . A stark tribute not only to the human spirit but to the naked power of words." -- The Christian Century "Pain and heroism beyond words." -- The Boston Globe "Such poignancy and depth, such a commitment to life and sense of responsibility to the future, that it deserves to be read and taken to heart." --Hadassah Magazine "Isabella Leitner has helped to teach a new generation that we must not forget the past. She has done this in a moving and truthful way." --Elizabeth Swados.