As the number of Holocaust survivors lessen, the mantle is taken up by second generation Holocaust survivors. In A Brilliant Life, Rachelle Unreich tells the story of her mother, Mira, and she does so with skill, love and admiration of a mother who gifted her daughter with love and understanding.

Ms. Unrecich, a journalist, conveys us from the point of Mira's birth in Czechoslovakia through to the time of her death in Australia. She interviewed her mother towards the end of Mira's life, utilizing the skills of her profession, and this book is the result. She writes extremely well and factually.

I have read many Holocaust memoirs over the years, and even though we are decades on, they still have the power to shock. The author details the experiences of Mira's time in the concentration camps, the murders of her family at the hands of the Nazis, and yet still she was capable of seeing the goodness in people.

What an extraordinary woman she was and this is an equally remarkable book. I highly recommend it.

I can't give this anything other than 5 stars!

This is a remarkable story of one woman's survival of the Holocaust, it's aftermath and her search to find safety and security for her and her family.

As you can imagine, it's quite heavy reading in parts but the overriding sense of the book, for me, was hope, resilience and love and amongst the horrors, kindness still existed.

This is a book that is a must-read and I must thank the author, Black and White Publishing and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this remarkable book.

Very honored and privileged to have the right to review and acquire this book. What an incredible story that’s going to honor and inspire so many readers. I absolutely cannot wait to share more on this title. I have been dealing with some unexpected health issues, but will commenting much more soon.