Daughters of Absence: Transforming a Legacy of Loss

by Mindy Weisel

Book Overview

Creative daughters transform their parents? Holocaust darkness into a celebration of life This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892123371
• ISBN13: 9781892123374
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Capital Books (VA)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A book to own, to read and to read again

Mindy Weisel and her courageous group of women share with you, each in their own way, their most deep, painful and loving feelings about their life as daughters of Holocaust survivors. They confront and absorb terror, suffering and death and hope with a raw openness that makes it a must-read for any person who wants to touch more deeply their humanity and understanding of the world. Each chapter, each story, is unlike any other, and you will want to read them over and over. Weisel's introductions create for the reader a personal journey.

A powerful, life-affirming read

Aptly edited by Mindy Weisel, Daughters Of Absence: Transforming A Legacy Of Loss is an impressive and revealing collection of writings of the children of Holocaust survivors. It is also an homage to Holocaust survivors, intended as a gift from the children of those survivors to their parents, and as a tribute to the millions who died. With moving, uplifting prose that recounts how the daughters of survivors transforms a legacy of shadow into the artistic light of movies, art, photographs, poems, novels, and lives, Daughters Of Absence is a powerful, life-affirming read and a strongly recommended addition to Holocaust studies reading lists and reference collections.

A remarkable collection.

Mindy Weisel has beautifully compiled, and elegantly introduced, a remarkable collection of intimate pieces on the most difficult of topics.

Filling Absence with Joy

Twelve wonderful, talented women have taken the time to share their view of the world as it was shaped for them by their parent's Holocaust experience. Rather than turn embittered or defensive, these women turned that legacy of loss and pain into beauty, light, joy and love. We can all learn from these women - that we must honor our pasts, but live life each day, full of hope and happiness. That is the gift to us from the generation before - the ability to go on. Daughters of Absence is a lesson we all need to read, learn and live.Thank you ladies, one and all, for sharing your stories. I am a better person for having read the book. You touched my heart.