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03246aam a22005178i 4500 001 558FEE60AAD111EE853AF3262BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240104011316 008 230621t20232023nyu b 000 0beng 010 $a 2023029093 020 $a 0063328755 020 $a 9780063328754 035 $a (OCoLC)1385322282 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d TOH $d OCLCO $d JAS $d OCLCO $d IWB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a u-at-vi $a e-gx--- $a u-at-vi 050 00 $a DS135.C97 $b U578 2023 082 00 $a 940.53/18092 $2 23/eng/20230621 100 1 $a Unreich, Rachelle, $d 1966- $e author. 245 12 $a A brilliant life : $b my mother's inspiring true story of surviving the Holocaust / $c Rachelle Unreich. 250 $a First US edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Harper, $c 2023. 300 $a x, 290 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "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 her fit together the jigsaw pieces of her own life. A Brilliant Life portrays not only how remote a prospect it was to live through the Holocaust, but what it is like to be the child of a survivor. A story of love, loss, wonder and the deepest kind of faith, A Brilliant Life questions the role that fate, chance and destiny play in one's life. It is a tribute to family, a story of incredible resilience and a chronicle of the deep connection between mother and child that not even death can destroy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Unreich, Mira, $d 1927-2017. 600 30 $a Blumenstock family. 650 0 $a Holocaust survivors $z Czechoslovakia $v Biography. 600 10 $a Unreich, Mira, $d 1927-2017 $x Family. 600 10 $a Unreich, Rachelle, $d 1966- 650 0 $a Children of Holocaust survivors. 651 0 $a SpisÌskaÌ StaraÌ Ves (Slovakia) $v Biography. 651 0 $a Melbourne (Vic.) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Families 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia 651 0 $a Victoria $z Melbourne 650 0 $a Biographies 941 $a 6 952 $l SQPC104 $d 20240416011830.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20240412010443.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045147.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240302012444.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240106010400.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240104032628.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=558FEE60AAD111EE853AF3262BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search