Love In A World Of Sorrow: A Teenage Girl's Holocaust Memoirs
...exceptional eye for detail... giving an intimate sense of the day-to-day lives of her family under siege. --Jewish Book News...had to be written and it has to be read. Every library should have...it alongside Anne Frank's Diary. --Dimensions--A Journal of Holocaust Studies --Reviewed by Abraham Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation LeagueLove in a World of Sorrow is one of the most honest and captivating Holocaust memoirs I have ever had the pleasure to read. I've been teaching Holocaust studies for many years and have read extensively on the subject, but very rarely has a book touched me so deeply. Fanya Heller provides a sensitive and unapologetic view into the world she was thrust into by the Nazi plague. Her memoir reflects the unparalleled love, courage, determination, and other worldly strength called forth to overcome unimaginable realities. Fanya s heart shines through these pages, as she writes of her pain, her hope, and the choices she made in a world that had ceased to make sense. Ms. Heller does not paint herself as a hero, though all who read her story will undeniably agree that she is. She bravely writes the truth, despite the criticisms she anticipated from many fellow survivors. Fanya Heller s work will not only invite you into her heart, but will provide one of the most personal and unflinching accounts of the Holocaust you will ever find. --Kelly Ryan, Instructor, Holocaust Studies