A Brilliant Life

✍ Scribed by Rachelle Unreich

• Book ID: 112277610
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 611 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780063328730

✦ Synopsis

The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter --a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal.

As Mira is nearing the end of her life, her daughter Rachelle wants to find out how her mother had lived through four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and a Death March. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed--which perhaps had something to do with the strange things that always happened around her. And, incredibly, when giving testimony later in life, she says that it was during this time--despite witnessing the depths of man's cruelty--that she learned about "the goodness of people."

Born in Czechoslovakia, Mira was only 12 years old when World War II broke out. At 88, living in Australia, she is diagnosed with cancer, and her journalist daughter decides to interview her to distract her from her illness. What Rachelle discovers about her mother helps...