02782cam a2200397 i 45000010011000000030006000110050017000170080041000340100015000750200018000900350022001080400008001300430030001381000046001682450105002142500022003192640038003413000076003793360027004553370029004823380028005115040041005395201303005806000038018836000031019216000046019526000037019986500059020356500044020946510058021386510040021969070016022369420014022529990017022669520101022831385322282OCoLC20250529135224.0230621s2023    nyu      b    000 0beng d  a2023029093  a9780063328754  a(OCoLC)1408960628  cAJM  ae-xr---ae-gx---au-at-vi1 aUnreich, Rachelle,d1966-eauthor.91980212aA brilliant life :bmy mother's inspiring true story of surviving the Holocaust /cRachelle Unreich.  aFirst US edition. 1aNew York :bHarperCollins,c2023.  ax, 290 pages ;c21 cm.bSources, References, Acknowledgements provided.  atextbtxt2rdacontent.  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia.  avolumebnc2rdacarrier.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  a"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." -- Back cover.10aUnreich, Mira,d1927-2017.91980330aBlumenstock family.91980410aUnreich, Mira,d1927-2017xFamily.91980510aUnreich, Rachelle,d1966-919802 0aHolocaust survivorszCzechoslovakiavBiography.919806 0aChildren of Holocaust survivors.919807 0aSpišská Stará Ves (Slovakia)vBiography.919808 0aMelbourne (Vic.)vBiography.919809  a.b188526997  2ddccBOOK  c30599d30599  2ddc4070aABELJbABELJcBd2025-05-01g19.99l0oB UNREp40341r2025-05-01w2025-05-01yBOOK11