Among the Reeds by Tammy Bottner

Among the Reeds by Tammy Bottner

Astounding story of survival during W2.

This family's strength and courage is a tribute to the human spirit.

Watching friends and neighbors arrested for the simple crime of being Jewish, a young couple in Belgium face impossible decisions during W2. Should they send their two-year-old son into hiding without them? Would that save his life? And what about their newborn daughter?

In this moving family memoir, the author, the daughter of that little boy, recounts the astounding courage that led to her family's survival during the Holocaust. In spite of numerous near-misses, the family not only made it through the war, but were reunited when the Nazis were defeated.

But there was a cost. And maybe it was etched into their very genes.

Bottner, Tammy: - I am a physician, writer, and mom. I am also the child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors. I have been fascinated for years about the legacy I carry. It is a heavy one. In my new book I explore the science of epigenetics, the idea that traumatic life events change one's genes, and that these altered genes may be passed along to subsequent generations (such as myself). In the book I recount the way my grandparents managed to save both themselves and their young children in the darkest days of European history. The book is an homage to my dad, a child survivor who was a 'hidden child', sequestered in a Belgian convent for 21/2 years when he was only a toddler.

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ISBN 13	9789492371287
ISBN 10	9492371286
Title	Among the Reeds
Author	Tammy Bottner
Series	Holocaust Survivor True Stories Wwii
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Amsterdam Publishers
Year published	2017-06-09
Number of pages	276
Prizes	Winner of Readers Choice Awards contest by TCK Publishing! 2018 (United States)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.