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Daughters of Absence: Transforming a Legacy of Loss (Capital Discovery)

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Twelve wonderful, talented women have taken the time to share their view of the world as it was shaped for them by their parent's Holocaust experience. Rather than turn embittered or defensive, these women turned that legacy of loss and pain into beauty, light, joy and love. We can all learn from these women - that we must honor our pasts, but live life each day, full of hope and happiness. That is the gift to us from the generation before - the ability to go on. Daughters of Absence is a lesson we all need to read, learn and live.

Thank you ladies, one and all, for sharing your stories. I am a better person for having read the book. You touched my heart.

Mindy Weisel has beautifully compiled, and elegantly introduced, a remarkable collection of intimate pieces on the most difficult of topics.

Aptly edited by Mindy Weisel, Daughters Of Absence: Transforming A Legacy Of Loss is an impressive and revealing collection of writings of the children of Holocaust survivors. It is also an homage to Holocaust survivors, intended as a gift from the children of those survivors to their parents, and as a tribute to the millions who died. With moving, uplifting prose that recounts how the daughters of survivors transforms a legacy of shadow into the artistic light of movies, art, photographs, poems, novels, and lives, Daughters Of Absence is a powerful, life-affirming read and a strongly recommended addition to Holocaust studies reading lists and reference collections.

Great book, really glad that i read it, as a daughter of a survivor, i found that i have a lot in common with the women in this book.

Mindy Weisel and her courageous group of women share with you, each in their own way, their most deep, painful and loving feelings about their life as daughters of Holocaust survivors. They confront and absorb terror, suffering and death and hope with a raw openness that makes it a must-read for any person who wants to touch more deeply their humanity and understanding of the world. Each chapter, each story, is unlike any other, and you will want to read them over and over. Weisel's introductions create for the reader a personal journey.