A Hidden Life by Johanna Reiss

A Hidden Life by Johanna Reiss

At her husband's urging, Johanna Reiss returned with her family to Holland to chronicle the time she spent hiding from the Nazis during WWII, resulting in her Newbery Honor-wining The Upstairs Room. But unknown to the millions who read her beloved classic, behind the dark and painful story of the book was a still darker tale: Reiss' husband returned to America early and committed suicide at age 37, leaving no note. Subtle and disturbing, the book is a powerful consideration of memory, violence, and loss, told in a stunning and sparse narrative style.

Johanna Reiss was born and raised in the Netherlands. She taught elementary school for several years after graduating from college before relocating to the United States. The Upstairs Room, her debut novel for children, was a Newbery Honor Book, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, and a Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book, as well as winning the Jewish Book Council Juvenile Book Award and the Buxtehuder Bulle, a prominent German children's book prize. Reiss states that she discovered there was still something she needed to say soon after she wrote Tie Upstairs Room, something as meaningful to me as the tale I had written in the first book, the story of a war. At the end of every war, media proclaim that the fighting has ceased and that a peace deal has been signed.

The war is done from a political standpoint, but it is not truly over in another sense. Humans are vulnerable. They are powerful as well, but wars create emotional scars that can take generations to repair. This is something I know about myself and others.

And it was out of those feelings that The Journey Back was born, a narrative about the war's aftermath. Reiss resides in New York City with her daughters, and they travel to Holland frequently to see Mrs. Rachel and Sini Reiss, as well as Johan and Dientje Oosterveld, are Reiss' sisters.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781933633558
ISBN 10	1933633557
Titel	A Hidden Life
Autor	Johanna Reiss
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Melville House Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2009-06-26
Seitenanzahl	250
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.