Bending Toard The Sun: A Mother And Daughter Memoir [Paperback]

A beautifully written family memoir,Bending Toward the Sunexplores an emotional legacy—forged in the terror of the Holocaust—that has shaped three generations of lives. Leslie Gilbert-Lurie tells the story of her mother, Rita, who like Anne Frank spent years hiding from the Nazis, and whose long-hidden pain shaped both her daughter and granddaughter’s lives. Bringing together the stories of three generations of women,Bending Toward the Sunreveals how deeply the Holocaust lives in the hearts and minds of survivors and their descendants.

A memoir that takes us through many worlds, through heartache and noble hopes, through the mysteries of family love. . . . ReadBending Toward the Sunand enrich your life. —#8212;Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters

A miraculous lesson in courage and recovery,Bending Toward the Suntells the story of a unique family bond forged in the wake of brutal terror.

Rita Lurie was five years old when she was forced to flee her home in Poland to hide from the Nazis in a cramped, dark attic with fourteen members of her family. Young Rita watched her younger brother and her mother die before her eyes. But the tragedy of the Holocaust was only the beginning of Rita's story.

Decades later, Rita's daughter Leslie began probing the traumatic events of her mother's childhood to discover how Rita's pain has affected not only Leslie's life and outlook but that of her own daughter, Mikaela, as well. The result isBending Toward the Sun, a collaboration between mother and daughter that brings together the stories of three generations of a family to understand the legacy that unites, inspires, and haul#|