$9.99 on Kindle, Nook, Apple iBooks, KoboChildren of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors by Helen Epstein (123,000 words; with a 30th anniversary preface by the author)
This book, a blend of memoir, reportage and oral history, examines the inter-generational transmission of trauma.
Originally published in 1979, and translated into many languages, the book has become a classic. The eBook, published in 2010, includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.
The sequel to Children of the Holocaust, a family and social history of Central European Jews, is Where She Came From.
A "Best Book of the Year." — New York Times
"An enormous achievement, heart-wrenching and unforgettable." — Chicago Tribune
"A passionate, brilliantly illuminating work." — Los Angeles Sunday Times