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Title: My Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton-Jackson ISBN: 0-689-84898-6 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Perfect Addition To Your Holocaust Collection
Comment: My Bridges of Hope is a fascinating and well-written book that keeps you hooked from the first word to that last. Livia Bitton-Jackson gives you insight into what happened to those who were among the few to survive the Holocaust. The girl in the story is actually a younger Bitton-Jackson when she was growing up. This autobiography is more like a story than a recollection of one's past. The book is set in Czechoslovakia where before the war, Elli (Bitton-Jackson), her brother Bubi, and their parents lived. After the war, their beloved home feels abandoned and changed. Other settings of the book include Elli's apartment and various temporary homes that they live in on their way to finding hope in America.
They have survived the horrid concentration camps but return to find that their father and aunt both perished in the war. The book describes events that happened through June of 1945 to March 30 of 1951 to a young Jewish woman. Elli is 14 when the book starts out. While fighting her past, she helps out in a camp for orphans, helps refuges escape to Palestine, and continues her education. After her schooling, Elli becomes a teacher. Elli is strong-willed, confused, and hopefully. She is loving and smart. Elli's mother is a seamstress and wants to go to America because they can't stay in their homeland any longer. Her mother loves her children very much and is unfamiliar with the "newer" age. Bubi is Elli's older brother. He is a warm, caring, and affectionate. Elli looks up to him and often finds herself needing his comfort.
Although both her mother and brother want to go to America, Elli wants to join her friends in going to their "homeland" The dialog in the book was appropriate because she was the character. The words were probably even words she used herself. She keeps you interested because she adds in different languages and so it matches the period. Her style is wonderful and it flows and blends perfectly. She always made it so you understood what was happening. I think this book was written so she could move on and maybe start healing. I think she also wanted others to know what the Jews went through.
I think this is a wonderful book for young adults. It shows how a young girl changes into a confident woman while she is fighting her past and trying to live her future. It is a great book to add to anyone's Holocaust collection.
Rating: 4
Summary: My Brodges of Hope
Comment: My Bridges of Hope is an excellent book about a girl named Elli returning from the dreadful Holocaust. Elli returns home expecting everything would be all right, but to her surprise everything has changed and she must too. The Friedmann family goes through many challenges when returning home and must also cope with the loss of family members. The family has to make many tough decisions and just as one problem is solved another comes along. They know they cannot stay in Czechoslovakia but where else would they go? They spend many years waiting and finally their chance comes to be sent to America to start a new life.
This is an excellent book and I recommend reading it. Even though the Holocaust was over Jews still had many challenges to overtake. Although we think the end of the war was the end of Jewish troubles it was not. This book gives one account of a person's life after the Holocaust.
Rating: 5
Summary: My Review
Comment: This book is an amazing book, about a girl and her family that struggles after the Holocaust. I suggest you read I have Lived a Thousand Years, before you read this book. In the book, I Have Lived a Thousand Years it introduces you to the characters and tells about their life before and during the holocaust. This book, My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love After Auschwitz, is amazing book that tells the story of Elli Friedmann's life after the holocaust has took place, and the many adventures along the way. I suggest that you read this book, after you have read the first one.
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Title: I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson ISBN: 0689823959 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust by Jacob Boas ISBN: 059084475X Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl ISBN: 0380731886 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender ISBN: 068981321X Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War by Anita Lobel ISBN: 0380732858 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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