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I really enjoyed the story of Rita. Her holocaust story is one of struggle and heartache. She experienced so much at a young age and this affected her entire life. I was very interested in reading this book because I have read about the children of Holocaust survivors being affected by their parent's experiences. Rita spent her young life hiding from the Nazi's in an attic. It was a bit like the story of Anne Frank except for Rita's hiding was not as planned out as The Franks. She experienced hunger, death and anxiety at a very young age. After her experiences in the attic, she experiences a lack of love and motherly nuturing throughout her young life. This affects her own adult life and her mental state. Rita makes it her goal to be the best mother that she can be. Many holocaust survivors were unable to cope with their experiences but Rita makes it a point to give her children the best life.

Leslie, Rita's daughter, tells the second part of the story. I was not a fan of her story. She came off as unsatified with the way her mother raisied her. However, Rita tried her hardest to give Leslie the best life possible. It was very hard for me to get through Leslie's part of the book without feeling annoyed by Leslie's complaints.

Overall, this memoir was not my favorite. I have read a number of Holocaust memoirs and this one did not stick out to me. Once again, I loved Rita's story and I wish the story would have focused mostly on her experiences and gone a bit more in depth with her time in Nazi-occupied Poland.