In My Hands
1992 • 304 pages

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IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it."No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful."--School Library Journal, StarredA Book Sense Top Ten PickA Publisher's Weekly Choice of the Year's Best Books A Booklist Editors ChoiceFrom the Paperback edition.


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I'd really like to give this book five starts if only I don't have some small problems with the writing. Sentences/paragraphs were cut short and goes on to another just like that. Turn a blind eye on that, it's a really powerful book. A must read for everyone.

April 20, 2019

An excellent memoir of an amazing woman.

March 11, 2013

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