A century of wisdom lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor

Summary: Collects life lessons by a Holocaust survivor and concert pianist, sharing the wisdom she has gleaned and insights into her resolve to thrive in spite of loss and her choice to harbor no bitterness toward her oppressors.

Record details

ISBN: 9780679644019 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0679644016 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxi, 232 p.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Alice and Franz Kafka -- Interlude: An emerald ring -- A tolerant heart -- Peeling potatoes -- Interlude: Dreaming -- Piano lessons -- Interlude: Fire -- Starting over -- The tin spoon -- Never too old -- Interlude: Chicken soup -- Music was our food -- The Führer gives the Jews a city -- Snapshots -- Interlude: Old age -- Man in the glass booth -- No harsh words -- First flight -- Alice the teacher -- Interlude: The lady in number six -- Circle of friends -- Coda: Alice today.

Source of Description Note:

Description based on print version record.