ABOUT THE BOOK Arlette's memoir is a window on the past, taking readers through the WWII years of a teenager living in Brussels, Belgium, coping with the occupation and trying to help her family save Jews and fight the Nazis. READ THE FOREWORD TO THE BOOK HERE!!! READ THE PROLOGUE AND CHAPTERS 1 & 2 OF THE BOOK HERE!!! READ CHAPTERS 3 & 4 OF THE BOOK HERE!!!
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to share her remarkable story. REVIEWS I discovered this book through friends and relatives and found it gripping.
My mother is about the same age as Michaelis and she went through the
same (and shall I say ?) ordeals and difficulties. It was tough, to be
sure, but there was also a sense of exhilaration and profound fraternity.
Nobody can talk of WWII in Europe without reading such a book, in its
terse, dry style with a tongue-in-cheek element. -- Carherine Fettweis
Arlette Michaelis takes the reader into World War II Belgium, especially Brussels, with the ease and depth of knowledge only a survivor can accomplish. Her writing is simple and direct, which only adds to the authenticity of her life as a teenager before, during, and immediately after the German occupation of Belgium. The geographic references are accurate; this reader lives in Belgium and the city of Brussels and fields around it are seen in a different light after learning of the horrors Michaelis witnessed and experienced during this turning point in European history. Her family's activism exhibits a spirit of global community we all can emulate. We are all fortunate that Michaelis took the time and effort to put these words to paper in her lifetime. -- Geraldine S. Krotow (Belgium)
Finally a story that captures attention. It's hard to believe that World
War II could be treated with such optimism, but this book does it! It's
uplifting and inspiring. It made me smile, laugh, and cry (a little)!
I recommend this book to young readers as well as adult readers. Enjoy! -- Gabrielle Cifoni (Capy May, NJ)
I was a sixth grade student of Mrs. Michaelis' and have re-told her stories from memory for 30 years. I have greatly enjoyed hearing again, her recollections, told as always, with characteristic wit and wisdom that remain important, relavent and riveting. My children are reading the book currently and it's given us an opportunity to discuss horrors that could only be made real by first hand accounting. The "greatest generation" soon will have left us and accounts such as Arlette's will become our permanent record of life during WWII. -- Stephen Westhead (Kansas City, MO)
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