Children of the Holocaust

Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Physiological Psychology, History, Jewish, Holocaust, Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Helen Epstein ISBN: 1230000036720
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press Publication: December 5, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Helen Epstein
ISBN: 1230000036720
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Publication: December 5, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors by Helen Epstein (123,000 words; with a 30th anniversary preface by the author)

A blend of memoir, reportage and oral history, Children of the Holocaust was the first book to examine the inter-generational transmission of trauma. In a starred review ***Publishers Weekly*** wrote: “Charts new and sensitive territory as it provides important insights into the long-term effects of the Holocaust on those who survived and the ways their trauma shaped the lives of the next generation. Epstein’s courageous, dogged probing of the past is beautifully written, but it is the discoveries she makes and the process of uncovering them that informs her words, that makes the soundings so deep, so human, so haunting.” 

Originally published in 1979, it has never gone out of print and has been widely translated and anthologized. The eBook, published in 2010, includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.

The sequel to Children of the Holocaust, a family and social history of Central European Jews, is Where She Came From.

A "Best Book of the Year." — New York Times

 

"An enormous achievement, heart-wrenching and unforgettable." — Chicago Tribune

"A passionate, brilliantly illuminating work." — Los Angeles Sunday Times

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors by Helen Epstein (123,000 words; with a 30th anniversary preface by the author)

A blend of memoir, reportage and oral history, Children of the Holocaust was the first book to examine the inter-generational transmission of trauma. In a starred review ***Publishers Weekly*** wrote: “Charts new and sensitive territory as it provides important insights into the long-term effects of the Holocaust on those who survived and the ways their trauma shaped the lives of the next generation. Epstein’s courageous, dogged probing of the past is beautifully written, but it is the discoveries she makes and the process of uncovering them that informs her words, that makes the soundings so deep, so human, so haunting.” 

Originally published in 1979, it has never gone out of print and has been widely translated and anthologized. The eBook, published in 2010, includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.

The sequel to Children of the Holocaust, a family and social history of Central European Jews, is Where She Came From.

A "Best Book of the Year." — New York Times

 

"An enormous achievement, heart-wrenching and unforgettable." — Chicago Tribune

"A passionate, brilliantly illuminating work." — Los Angeles Sunday Times

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