Legacy of Silence [Paperback]

Irene Pastor (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Creative Arts Book Company (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887392903
• ISBN-13: 978-0887392900
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,030,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Legacy of Silence, May 5, 2001

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Aurelia Schatten (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legacy of Silence (Paperback)

I loved it, it is so real and so sad. It captivates the senses. Beautifully written, captures your atention from begining to end.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest and hilariously funny., June 27, 2001

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Bonnie Johnson (Walnut Creek, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legacy of Silence (Paperback)

Pastor is brutally honest, hilariously funny, and able to capture the essence of the moment, taking me along with her, turning pages as fast as I could. I was completely captivated by this poignant, yet at times hilarious story.

Pastor's is a story never before really told. She describes in vivid detail how a jewish family's persecution did not end with the war, but followed them into their "new" life in Venezuela. In their new home, the continuing, consuming fear of being discovered as jews caused the protagonist's parents to raise the family as Catholics, denying the richness of long loved jewish traditions, and with self-hatred and shame for being jewish.

Amidst the author's rich and engaging dialogs of the family's lively interactions and stresses in the new country, the reality of the silent annihilation of another family's jewish heritage lies silent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars legacy of silence, May 10, 2001

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Carina Cutler (Kings Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legacy of Silence (Paperback)

What a surprise! Captivating! I couldn't put this book down. I never thought the viewpoints and relationship between two sisters could be portrayed in such an fascinating manner. In addition to exploring these sisters' idiosyncratic and eccentric ways, the book also exposes some of the effects of the Holocaust on subsequent generations of survivors. The narrative style of this book is both straight-forward and honest, with a humorous flair and a way with words that delivers the reader smoothly through the characters' triumphs, tragic moments and transformations.