Review: The Seamstress
Redaktioneller Bericht - Kirkus ReviewsA striking Holocaust memoir, posthumously published, by a Romanian Jew with an unusual story to tell. From its opening pages, in which she recounts her own premature birth, triggered by terrifying rumors of an incipient pogrom, Bernstein's tale is clearly not a typical memoir of the Holocaust. She was born into a large family in rural Romania between the wars and grew up feisty and willing to fight back physically against anti-Semitism from other schoolchildren. She defied her father's orders to turn down a scholarship that took her to Bucharest, and got herself expelled from that school when she responded to a priest/teacher's vicious diatribe against the Jews by hurling a bottle of ink at him. Ashamed to return home after her expulsion, she looked for work in Bucharest and discovered a talent for dressmaking. That talent--and her blond hair, blue eyes, and overall Gentile appearance--allowed her entry into the highest reaches of Romanian society, albeit as a dressmaker. Bernstein recounts the growing shadow of the native fascist movement, the Iron Guard, a rising tide of anti-Semitic laws, and finally, the open persecution of Romania's Jews. After a series of incidents that ranged from dramatic escapes to a year in a forced labor detachment, Sara ended up in Ravensbr°ck, a women's concentration camp deep in Germany. Nineteen out of every twenty women transported there died. The author, her sister Esther, and two other friends banded together and, largely due to Sara's extraordinary street smarts and intuition, managed to survive. Although Bernstein was not a professional writer, she tells this story with style and power. Her daughter Marlene contributes a moving epilogue to close out Sara's life. One of the best of the recent wave of Holocaust memoirs.
Review: The Seamstress
Nutzerbericht - Beatriz Adriana - GoodreadsThis is the true story of Sara Tuvel a Judish woman in times of second world war, all her suffers during the Hitler years, her time in concentration camp and her amazing survival. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: The Seamstress
Nutzerbericht - Bekemcaffee - GoodreadsBeautifully told story that takes place during the Holocaust era. Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Sara Abrams - GoodreadsThis is, by far, the best Holocaust memoir I have ever read. There is something about Seren Tuvel's spirit that connects you to her on this journey and makes it unlike any other. The book details her ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Michelle Kinney - GoodreadsI keep saying I am tired of reading about the Holocaust, but I just happen to have a couple of books fall into my possession (this one and Sarah's Key). And, as always, I learned something new: I didn ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Heather - GoodreadsThis Holocaust memoir deserves to be read. Seren's story of being a Hungarian Jew during WWII does not follow the usual path or the usual telling. Her desire to live was so powerful that her story ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Judy Blankenship - Goodreadsthis was a wonderful read of a truly horrible time in our history. We should never forget. Her feistiness got her through the war. Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Susan - GoodreadsThe Seamstress takes the reader on a roller coaster to survival. Seren is a survivor who fights her rights from the time when she is standing up for herself with her father through her terrible ordeal ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
