"Raised to believe she's a no-account, Marsha Jacobson falls prey to an assistant dean at her college, who knows a pushover when he sees one. Afraid to say no, she agrees to marry him and move to Japan. A chance meeting with a Mattel Toys executive leads to a high-stakes job, and as success boosts her confidence, Peter becomes more abusive. After they return to America, she escapes from him with their two toddlers, chased by police. Three years later, a single parent with a serious health emergency, she earns an MBA. ...
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"Raised to believe she's a no-account, Marsha Jacobson falls prey to an assistant dean at her college, who knows a pushover when he sees one. Afraid to say no, she agrees to marry him and move to Japan. A chance meeting with a Mattel Toys executive leads to a high-stakes job, and as success boosts her confidence, Peter becomes more abusive. After they return to America, she escapes from him with their two toddlers, chased by police. Three years later, a single parent with a serious health emergency, she earns an MBA. Feeling a true sense of herself for the first time, Marsha launches a significant career and reconnects with Jay, a former colleague and recent widower. They marry and have many joyful years together-until Jay's buried past comes to get them and their life together starts to crumble. Ignoring harsh truths as things deteriorate, she insists they'll make it to the other side of this hard time with their marriage intact. Then the true calamity they're facing becomes apparent and shatters her. With time, reflection, and the ability to recognize support when its offered, she emerges from her grief sure-footed and able to have a happy, fulfilling life. In this compelling, generous, and, above all, inspiring memoir, Marsha reckons with the way trauma spreads from generation to generation and person to person, and learns that the effects of trauma need not last a lifetime."--
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ââ?¬Å"Tataeââ?¬â?¢s Promise: Based on the True Story of a Young Womanââ?¬â?¢s Escape from Auschwitzââ?¬Â? is a deeply sobering text written by Sherry Maysonave and co-authored by Moises J. Goldman. As the Naziââ?¬â?¢s terrifying wind of death, totalitarianism, and mayhem swirled across Europe, it did not spare Hinda Mondlakââ?¬â?¢s home in ZieluÃ?±, East Central Poland, a large Jewish farming community. A stirring biography at its best, the text tells the story of eighteen-year-old Hinda, as the Nazi occupation takes hold of Poland, the beginning of the Jewish persecution, and how the fabric of her close-knit family eventually gets torn apart.
Based on Hinda�s recorded tapes taken years ago, the book documents the harrowing events that followed. These include her family�s tormenting stay at the overcrowded village ghetto designed for segregating Jews and the torturous march to the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, in extreme winter conditions. These disturbing experiences among others were consequently followed by her eventual escape with her sister from this agonizing death zone. Hinda survives death many times as she grapples with starvation, cruel beatings, illness, and a near-death experience escaping the advancing Russian troops. As she tries to keep her sanity which was out of reach for many who experienced these brutalities, her constant pillar of hope was her father�s last words, whom she fondly called Tatae. Her father knew he was about to face his execution and wrote a short letter to her in jail, hoping it would get to her and encourage her that she would live to tell the story.
Poignant and heartfelt, ââ?¬Å"Tataeââ?¬â?¢s Promiseââ?¬Â? is a brave and captivating story. Filled with heart and soul, it is told with the flair and finesse of a true novelist. The well-polished details told through the lenses of a victim of the Naziââ?¬â?¢s ruthless menace had me experiencing the assault and pain that those affected including Hinda and her family went through, evoking a series of emotions within me. Ultimately, her fierce tenacity and unbreakable spirit amidst it all and her eventual freedom won my heart as it will many others. This is a tale of survival, heroism, and a true embodiment of the resilience of the human spirit.
This triumphant in-and-out-of-the-trenches biography is an undeniable winner. Written by Moises J. Goldman, Hindaââ?¬â?¢s son, in honor of his mother, and accomplished author, Sherry Maysonave, this is a story that will have you go back to dig up the nuances you may have missed during the first reading. I could not put it down until I was done. The writing is coherent and incisive, with superb prose. Put simply, ââ?¬Å"Tataeââ?¬â?¢s Promise: Based on the True Story of a Young Womanââ?¬â?¢s Escape from Auschwitzââ?¬Â? is an utterly compelling book and is one not to be missed.
