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Kiss the red stairs : the Holocaust, once removed / Marsha Lederman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lederman, Marsha (Western arts correspondent), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada.
- Lederman, Marsha (Western arts correspondent).
- Lederman, Marsha.
- Children of Holocaust survivors--Canada--Biography.
- Children of Holocaust survivors.
- Children of Holocaust survivors--Psychology.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Holocaust survivors--Family relationships.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
- Divorce--Psychological aspects.
- Divorce.
- Psychic trauma.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- xv, 373 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2023.
- Summary:
- "For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents’ Holocaust stories in the wake of her own divorce, investigating how trauma migrates through generations with empathy, humour, and resilience. Marsha was five when a simple question led to a horrifying answer. Sitting in her kitchen, she asked her mother why she didn’t have any grandparents. Her mother told her the truth: the Holocaust. Decades later, her parents dead and herself a mother to a young son, Marsha begins to wonder how much history has shaped her own life. Reeling in the wake of a divorce, she craves her parents’ help. But in their absence, she is gripped by a need to understand the trauma they suffered, and she begins her own journey into the past to tell her family’s stories of loss and resilience. Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, intergenerational trauma, divorce, and discovery that will guide readers through several lifetimes of monumental change."-- Provided by publisher.
- "For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents' Holocaust stories in the wake of her own divorce, investigating how trauma migrates through generations with empathy, humour, and resilience. Marsha was five when a simple question led to a horrifying answer. Sitting in her kitchen, she asked her mother why she didn't have any grandparents. Her mother told her the truth: the Holocaust. Decades later, her parents dead and herself a mother to a young son, Marsha begins to wonder how much history has shaped her own life. Reeling in the wake of a divorce, she craves her parents' help. But in their absence, she is gripped by a need to understand the trauma they suffered, and she begins her own journey into the past to tell her family's stories of loss and resilience. Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, intergenerational trauma, divorce, and discovery that will guide readers through several lifetimes of monumental change."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780771049385
- 0771049382
- OCLC:
- 1342591374
- Publisher Number:
- 99995039016
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