Sunday, March 20, 2011

A Lucky Child

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRD2PZSVwXDwjjZT1FtlMJYfvj1mfUHyVEbqE6HAMIJ2Xi-i5Ti40XG7QW0AO5LX3ah5udkJ5U7_H6_Ra-mdaMXjFsFdhGii-37uT9p5-l5aFuBFhLZQG2Dxv8eEP6MINW2kgmJIkSltw/s1600/lucky+child1.jpgA Lucky Child, a 256 page novel by Thomas Buergenthal, is a memoir of surviving Auschwitz concentration camp at only 10 years old. Not only is Thomas detached from his parents and forced to survive on his own, but has to go about his business not knowing whether or not his parents are even alive. Surviving the Holocaust was a blessing and a punishment, and without a will to live, Thomas never would have made it through.

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