ONE HUNDRED SATURDAYS by Michael Frank - Review & Giveaway

 


Stella Levi is one of 1,650 souls, the entire Jewish community on the island of Rhodes, who give up peacefully on July 23, 1944 to the Nazis. Destination: Auschwitz. After being transported hundreds of miles by boat and cattle cars, they arrive in hell and find themselves being tattooed. Stella Levi's number: A24409. The Germans have taken away everything from them, their parents, hair, things and now their names.

Author Michael Franks spent one-hundred Saturdays over the span of six years with Stella Levi, a survivor. Once he gains her confidence, she shares her long and moving personal story in the biography, ONE HUNDRED SATURDAYS: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World (AvidReaderPress). She tells him about her upbringing on the mystical island of Rhodes, to losing her family and being deported, surviving the death camps and reinventing herself after WWII in New York City.

It's a beautiful intimate portrait, told by a master storyteller. We readers sit side by side with Michael Franks as Stella reveals her story. I've read many WWII books and One Hundred Saturdays is as unique as the central character, Stella Levi. At its center, Stella's story of survival, both physically and mentally. Each took two entirely different skills for her come out of the camps, alive.





Michael Frank is the author of What Is Missing, a novel, and The Mighty Franks, a memoir, which was awarded the 2018 JQ Wingate Prize and was named one of the best books of the year by The Telegraph and The New Statesman. His essays, articles, and short stories have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, The Yale Review, Salmagundi, The TLS, Tablet, and other publications. The recipient of a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives with his family in New York City and Camogli, Italy.

Thanks to Avid Reader Press we have one copy to giveaway. Just tell us what book you're looking forward to reading this fall. We'll announce the winner soon. Good luck.

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Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 11, 2022 at 12:03 PM

    The Dressmaker of Prospect Heights by Kitty Zeldis coming out in December.

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  2. travelerAugust 11, 2022 at 8:21 PM

    This treasure of a story interests me greatly. Profound and deep. Being Jewish it is meaningful. I look forward to reading An Affair of Spies by Ronald Balson. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  3. AnonymousAugust 13, 2022 at 11:59 AM

    I was unfamiliar with this book until I read this page. I am drawn to the experiences and survival of WWII victims. They are strong beyond my imagination. THIS is a novel I am looking forward to reading.

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  4. bn100August 13, 2022 at 3:27 PM

    whatever's on TBR
    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  5. Nancy PAugust 18, 2022 at 11:58 AM

    The Violence

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  6. Tracy WirickAugust 23, 2022 at 1:10 PM

    I’m looking forward to reading many of my books on my TBR pile. I’m looking forward to cooler temperatures for snuggling under blankets. I am absolutely looking forward to reading this one! Thank you so much for the chance

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