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Documents the co-author's survival story as a Jewish-Polish youth who faced death multiple times as an armament factory slave laborer and Auschwitz survivor, tracing her brief and beautiful marriage to a first husband who did not survive the war.
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About the Author:
Millie Werber is today the matriarch of a close and loving family. After moving to the United States in 1946, she and her husband Jack raised their two sons in Queens, NY., where together they built a real estate business. They lived happily together until Jack's death in 2006. Millie now lives on Long Island surrounded by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
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Eve Keller is a professor and director of graduate studies at Fordham University. She is the author of "Generating Bodies and Gendered Selves: The Rhetoric of Reproduction in Early Modern England," and is a past president of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts.
"Kirkus Review
""Werber's story is wholly engrossing, written with exceptional immediacy and attention to detail... A deeply affecting addition to Holocaust literature."
"Booklist"
"Among all the shelves of Holocaust memoirs, this book stands out for the quality of the spare, honest, passionate narrative of survivor Millie Werber... A story certain to spark discussion."
"The Weekender""
""Every now and then a book comes along that so clearly draws the line between catastrophic devastation and minor nuisance that it's impossible to ignore... It is impossible to not be moved by the writing in this book, and it is impossible to not be awed by the fact that Werber's survival was simply based on luck, chance and, often, the kindness of others.""American Jewish World""Charmingly told... Millie kept much of this private for 60 years, until a son persuaded her to tell it to Keller. The result keeps you turning the pages."
"Jewish Week"
"While she's decades younger than Alice Herz-Sommer, Millie Werber is also an inspiring figure. 'Two Rings: A Story of Love and War, ' which she wrote with Eve Keller (Public Affairs) is a beautifully written memoir of surviving the Holocaust as a teenager. Werber, who now lives on Long Island, reveals the unlikely heroes of her life, and also a powerful and tragic wartime love story that she had kept hidden in the years since."
"Anton Newspapers"
"Werber and Keller movingly convey the hopelessness of being a teenager, a widow, and a factory worker at a Nazi-operated facility, with no end to the casual cruelty and violent deaths in sight. In addition, Werber's 1943 marriage, her time at Auschwitz in 1944, and subsequent relocation to Lippstadt, Germany in 1945 are covered in great detail and make for a compelling read.""Sydney Morning Herald / The Age" (Australia)"A heartbreaking tale of lost love... These stories are tributes to those they loved and lost, and whom they want not to be forgotten...In between all of
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- PublisherPublicAffairs
- Publication date2021
- ISBN 10 1610392426
- ISBN 13 9781610392426
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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