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001			1385322282
003			OCoLC
005			20250529135224.0
008			230621s2023 nyu b 000 0beng d
010			_a2023029093
020			_a9780063328754
035			_a(OCoLC)1408960628
040			_cAJM
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100	1		_aUnreich, Rachelle, _d1966- _eauthor. _919802
245	1	2	_aA brilliant life : _bmy mother's inspiring true story of surviving the Holocaust / _cRachelle Unreich.
250			_aFirst US edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHarperCollins, _c2023.
300			_ax, 290 pages ; _c21 cm. _bSources, References, Acknowledgements provided.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_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.
600	1	0	_aUnreich, Mira, _d1927-2017. _919803
600	3	0	_aBlumenstock family. _919804
600	1	0	_aUnreich, Mira, _d1927-2017 _xFamily. _919805
600	1	0	_aUnreich, Rachelle, _d1966- _919802
650		0	_aHolocaust survivors _zCzechoslovakia _vBiography. _919806
650		0	_aChildren of Holocaust survivors. _919807
651		0	_aSpišská Stará Ves (Slovakia) _vBiography. _919808
651		0	_aMelbourne (Vic.) _vBiography. _919809
907			_a.b188526997
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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