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Mosaic

By: Diane Armstrong
Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
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This remarkable true story begins in the Polish city of Krakow in 1890 and spans one hundred years and four continents. God blessed Lieba and the devout Jewish patriarch Daniel Baldinger with eleven children, and this richly textured portrait follows their lives down the decades, through the terrifying years of the Holocaust, to the present. Lives that personify the struggles and hopes of our century.

Mosaic is compelling storytelling at its best: from the fascinating detail of Polish-Jewish culture and the rivalries and dramas of family life, to its moving account of lives torn apart by war and persecution, this an extraordinary story of a family, and of one woman's journey to reclaim her heritage.

©1998 Diane Armstrong (P)2009 Bolinda Publishing Historical Middle East Holocaust War

Critic Reviews

"A compelling family history of extraordinary people out against some of the most frightening events of our century. I was thrilled and deeply moved." (Joseph Heller)
"A vivid, heart-warming, family memoir. The plot and her characters move along in a fast-paced, tightly-woven narrative." (Publishers Weekly)
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I loved this book. I loved the narration. So much so that I listened to it twice, end on end and that is no mean feat for a book that is about 20 hours long. I did that because there are a lot of characters and a lot happening and I didn’t want to miss anything. This book captured the horrors of the holocaust like no others that I have read. It educated me about what it means to be Jewish and about their long history of persecution and discrimination, although not so much about the reasons. Maybe they are inexplicable. Despite the horrors, it was more gripping, than depressing. Whilst it shows mankind in a bad light, there were some uplifting aspects too. There was genuine kindness and love. It was also a book about relationships. Diane’s account of the death of her parents, was raw and honest. It was a love story to her parents and her past generations and to her husband and children. There were unique insights into the nature of these relationships.

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