Alicia: My Story - Inspirational Autobiography & Memoir | True Life Journey of Overcoming Adversity | Perfect for Book Clubs, Self-Help Readers & Biography Lovers" （注：根据SEO优化原则，我添加了相关关键词如"inspirational autobiography", "memoir", "true life journey"等；保留了原标题核心"Alicia: My Story"作为品牌识别；补充了使用场景说明如"book clubs", "self-help readers"等。标题控制在合理长度，包含主要关键词和用户场景。）
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WINNER OF THE 1989 CHRISTOPHER AWARD • Here is a thrilling, uplifting story of true-life heroism unequaled since the publication of Anne Frank's diary—a story that the young must hear and their elders must remember. Take Alicia's hand—and follow.“This memoir is heartbreaking. I hope it will be read by Jews and non-Jews alike.”—Elie Wiesel, author of NightHer name is Alicia. She was thirteen when she began saving the lives of people she did not know—while fleeing the Nazis through war-ravaged Poland.Her family cruelly wrenched from her, Alicia rescued other Jews from the Gestapo, led them to safe hideouts, and lent them her courage and hope. Even the sight of her mother's brutal murder could not quash this remarkable child's faith in human goodness—or her determination to prevail against overwhelming odds.After the war, Alicia continued to risk her life, leading Polish Jews on an underground route to freedom in Palestine. She swore on her brother's grave that if she survived, she would speak for her silenced family. This book is the eloquent fulfillment of that oath.Praise for Alicia“Profoundly observed . . . remarkably lived . . . ferocious bravery.”—The New York Times Book Review“As exciting as it is inspirational. In fact, a good bit of Alicia: My Story reads as if it were written by one of our better writers of fiction.”—The Pittsburgh Press“A compelling voice, lucid prose . . . a luminous testimony to the heroism and humanity of one remarkable person.”—San Francisco Chronicle“Straightforward . . . energizing and inspirational.”—Newsday
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I have read on the order of fifty Holocaust survivor stories, maybe more. This was written by a very unusual survivor. Someone who lived among the population, sometimes Free & on occasion i prison. Her interactions with a wide variety of people from various attitudes and cultures makes it an interesting novel.Instead of individual survival, Alicia also spent much of her time caring for others along the way. She shows great thoughtfulness and maturity during a time when I'm sure she would have preferred to have a life provided for her. She is honest about the mistakes she makes and the consequences. She admits when things just happen to go a certain way for no decernable reason.Beware, it is not a book where everything turns out alright. Alicia experiences greasing and continuing losses as her life is pulled from like the removal of finger and toenails. She is a passionate young lady who fights against the odds. She does not give up.This book is a very gook peak into Poland's people's and events during WW11. It can be upsetting. You need to be able absorb the blows, admitvthey were, everyone of them, horribly unjust, and realize they are being repeated today in Syria. This is what is perhaps disturbing. Despite our knowledge and acknowledgment of the "mistakes" (WAY too mild an adjective) of the past we blindly repeat them again and again.Regardless of where you are coming from on this and other issues, this is a fascinating book that will keep you hooked like a great suspense novel. I invite you to learn new things in one of the more enjoyable ways by reading about the lives of those who experienced the events first hand. From the trees, we can begin to understand the forest. (But we cannot build the forest from these singular trees, we use them to better see the true nature of the forest).
