Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood by Nechama Tec (English) Paperback Book

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A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust.

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This is the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the Holocaust. Dry Tears is a dramatic tale of how an eleven-year-old child learned to "pass" in the forbidding Christian world and a quietly moving coming-of-age story. This book is unique celebration of the best human qualities that surface under the worst conditions.

Author Biography

Nechama Tec is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Stamford. She is the author of six books, including Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood, a memoir of her experiences during the years of the Nazi occupation of Poland, In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen, the
winner of the 1990 Christopher Award, and When Light Pierced the Darkness.

Review

"A compelling account. Quite accessible."--Michele Bisbey, St. Vincent College"A beautifully written and poignant account of what it was like for a young girl to be passing as a Gentile in Nazi-occupied Poland."--Evan Hunter"Dry Tears moves me beyond words....[It] conveys an immediate sense of what [living under the Holocaust] was like, and does so strongly, even nobly, without a trace of self-pity....My admiration has no bounds."--Robert K. Merton, Columbia University"Render[s] with such honest yet compassionate detail the struggle of Jews to 'pass' as Christians among anti-Semitic people who sheltered them, loved them, lived off them, and finally, after the war, were ashamed rather than proud of having taken [them] in."--Geoffrey Hartman, Yale University"A story of human resilience...made all the more remarkable because it is seen through the eyes of a young girl who bore herself beyond the promise of her years."--Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, President, Union of American Hebrew Congregations

Long Description

This is the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the Holocaust. Dry Tears is a dramatic tale of how an eleven-year-old child learned to "pass" in the forbidding Christian world and a quietly moving coming-of-age story. This book is unique celebration of the best human qualities that surface under the worst conditions.

Review Text

"A compelling account. Quite accessible."--Michele Bisbey, St. Vincent College"A beautifully written and poignant account of what it was like for a young girl to be passing as a Gentile in Nazi-occupied Poland."--Evan Hunter"Dry Tears moves me beyond words....[It] conveys an immediate sense of what [living under the Holocaust] was like, and does so strongly, even nobly, without a trace of self-pity....My admiration has no bounds."--Robert K. Merton, Columbia University"Render[s] with such honest yet compassionate detail the struggle of Jews to 'pass' as Christians among anti-Semitic people who sheltered them, loved them, lived off them, and finally, after the war, were ashamed rather than proud of having taken [them] in."--Geoffrey Hartman, Yale University"A story of human resilience...made all the more remarkable because it is seen through the eyes of a young girl who bore herself beyond the promise of her years."--Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, President, Union of American Hebrew Congregations

Review Quote

"Render[s] with such honest yet compassionate detail the struggle of Jews to 'pass' as Christians among anti-Semitic people who sheltered them, loved them, lived off them, and finally, after the war, were ashamed rather than proud of having taken [them] in."--Geoffrey Hartman, YaleUniversity

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Selling point: Tells the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the HolocaustSelling point: Portrays the dramatic tale of how an eleven-year-old child learned to "pass>" in the forbidding Christian world and a quietly moving coming-of-age storySelling point: Offering a unique celebration of the best human qualities that surface under the worst conditions

Details ISBN0195035003 Author Nechama Tec Short Title DRY TEARS Series Galaxy Book Language English ISBN-10 0195035003 ISBN-13 9780195035001 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 0772 Residence Stamford, CT, US Pages 256 Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle The Story of a Lost Childhood Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Director, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ, USA DOI 10.1604/9780195035001 UK Release Date 1993-07-01 AU Release Date 1993-07-01 NZ Release Date 1993-07-01 US Release Date 1993-07-01 Edited by Francisco Werner Birth 1938 Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Year 1993 Publication Date 1993-07-01 DEWEY 940.531503924 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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