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Title: a childhood memoir of the WWII Hungary
Review: As a student I read the "Diary of Anne Frank" and indeed it was poignant and unforgettable. Magda Denes' book is the darker side, a memoir written almost 50 years after the war, and yet through the eyes of a young child. Her relationship with her beloved brother Ivan is central to the story, and their closeness makes you want to examine your own sibling relationships. Magda survives, but at a cost. I had a sense of immediacy and even awe, that she and her mother and elderly grandmother could be so resourceful, so brave, in the face of starvation and deprivation. I kept wondering, could any of us be so brave, and at 9 years old yet. This book is more than a holocaust memoir, it is an ultimately awe inspiring adventure tale, tinged with truth and sadness.
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