About the book
\"From its opening pages, in which she recounts her own premature birth, triggered by terrifying rumors of an incipient pogrom, Bernstein' s tale is clearly not a typical memoir of the Holocaust. She was born into a large family in rural Romania...and grew up feisty and willing to fight back physically against anti-Semitism from other schoolchildren. She defied her father' s orders to turn down a scholarship that took her to Bucharest, and got herself expelled from that school when she responded to a priest/teacher's vicious diatribe against the Jews by hurling a bottle of ink at him...After a series of incidents that ranged from dramatic escapes to a year in a forced labor detachment, Sara ended up in Ravensbruck, a women' s concentration camp, and managed to survive...she tells this story with style and power.\" —Kirkus Reviews
Editions of The Seamstress
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780399143229
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780425166307
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101663967
Read an Excerpt
\"From its opening pages, in which she recounts her own premature birth, triggered by terrifying rumors of an incipient pogrom, Bernstein' s tale is clearly not a typical memoir of the Holocaust. She was born into a large family in rural Romania...and grew up feisty and willing to fight back physically against anti-Semitism from other schoolchildren. She defied her father' s orders to turn down a scholarship that took her to Bucharest, and got herself expelled from that school when she responded to a priest/teacher's vicious diatribe against the Jews by hurling a bottle of ink at him...After a series of incidents that ranged from dramatic escapes to a year in a forced labor detachment, Sara ended up in Ravensbruck, a women' s concentration camp, and managed to survive...she tells this story with style and power.\" —Kirkus Reviews
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Seamstress about?
\"From its opening pages, in which she recounts her own premature birth, triggered by terrifying rumors of an incipient pogrom, Bernstein' s tale is clearly not a typical memoir of the Holocaust. She was born into a large family in rural Romania...and grew up feisty and willing to fight back physically against anti-Semitism from other schoolchildren. She defied her father' s orders to turn down a scholarship that took her to Bucharest, and got herself expelled from that school when she responded to a priest/teacher's vicious diatribe against the Jews by hurling a bottle of ink at him...After a series of incidents that ranged from dramatic escapes to a year in a forced labor detachment, Sara ended up in Ravensbruck, a women' s concentration camp, and managed to survive...she tells this story with style and power.\" —Kirkus Reviews
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Seamstress?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Where can I read a sample of The Seamstress?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780399143229
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Seamstress?
Sara Tuval Bernstein
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Seamstress is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780399143229) and paperback(ISBN 9780425166307) and ebook(ISBN 9781101663967)
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