Book Review; But You Do Not Come Back by Marceline Loridan-Ivens


Title: But you did not come back
By: Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Genre: Historical Non-Fiction
Pages: 100
Release Date: January 5th, 2016
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Rating: ★★★★☆

Summary from Goodreads:

“You might come back, because you’re young, but I will not come back.”—Marceline Loridan’s father to her, 1944

A runaway bestseller in France, But You Did Not Come Back has already been the subject of a French media storm and hailed as an important new addition to the library of books dealing with the Holocaust. It is the profoundly moving and poetic memoir by Marceline Loridan-Ivens, who at the age of fifteen was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. Later, in the camps, he managed to smuggle a note to her, a sign of life that made all the difference to Marceline—but he died in the Holocaust, while Marceline survived. In But You Did Not Come Back, Marceline writes back to her father, the man whose death overshadowed her whole life. Although her grief never diminished in its intensity, Marceline ultimately found her calling, working as both an activist and a documentary filmmaker. But now, as France and Europe in general faces growing anti-Semitism, Marceline feels pessimistic about the future. Her testimony is a memorial, a confrontation, and a deeply affecting personal story of a woman whose life was shattered and never totally rebuilt.



Review: 

A letter to the author's father about her times during ww2 and how much she misses him. It was a touching story full of tears and strength. I loved it with all my heart. 

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