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her to return to Holland to chronicle the two years, seven months,
and one day she had spent hiding from the Nazis in rural Usselo,
Holland. In 1969, she finally made the trip.
Accompanied by Jim and their two young children, Reiss intended to
spend seven weeks researching the book that would eventually become
The Upstairs Room, her Newbery Honor–winning account of her time
hiding in the attic of a farmhouse in which for a time a contingent
of Nazi soldiers was billeted.
But unknown to the millions of people who went on to read her
beloved classic, behind the dark and painful story of the book was
a still darker tale: Reiss’ husband returned to America early and
committed suicide at age thirty-seven, leaving no note.
For Reiss, an ongoing reckoning with universal tragedy becomes
particular: she is forced to reckon, too, with Jim’s death—and
explain it to her children. Subtle and disturbing, the book is a
powerful consideration of memory, violence, and loss, told in a
stunning and sparse narrative style.
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s
Choice
“Like so many Holocaust survivors, Reiss was emotionally
crippled. Then another darkness fell… [a] searing journey.”
—Leslie Garis, The New York Times Book
Review
“A beautifully-written memoir … one of the most moving books I
have read.”
—Lucy Kavaler, author of The Astors: A Family Chronicle
of Pomp and Power
“A state of memory, a day-to-day account of the limbo one is
left with when one’s life is snatched away…. Reiss is again
seeking and questioning a larger force.”
—Lizzie Skurnick, Chicago Tribune (front
page)
“A Hidden Life is a compelling and chilling memoir
about the tragic, far-reaching effects of world history on personal
history. Writing in the sparest and most self-effacing prose,
Joanna Reiss manages to break the reader’s heart.”
—Hilma Wolitzer, author of Summer
Reading and Hearts
“In A Hidden Life, Johanna Reiss weaves two great
misfortunes into a brave and beautiful story. As we read, we rush
back and forth between 1940s occupied Holland and 1960s New York,
searching for the pieces of the puzzle that might lay bare her
husband’s—and her own—story. This book brims with courage and
compassion. It will make you want to hold your own family
closer.”
—Kristen den Hartog, co-author of The Occupied
Garden
“Johanna Reiss wrote one memoir, then discovered another hidden
underneath…. A Hidden Life is that second story,
moving between 1940s Holland and 1960s New York City. ‘How do you
tell children,’ she thinks, ‘that life is one continuous goodbye,
that with each day the end comes a little nearer . . .; how do you
explain that people you’re close to, or thought you were, can just
vanish?'”
—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
“[A Hidden Life] explores memory, violence and
survival—and how well we can ever really know another person.
[Johanna’s] story is so sad, her hurt so palpable, it will take
your breath away.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“As compelling and readable as a traditional mystery…”
—Jewish Exponent
“…beautifully expressed attempt to put life’s unruly events
into order.”
—Jewish Book World
“A touching and tragic story that is bound to impress.”
— Dizzie.nl
“Gripping”
—Algemeen Dagblad
“A Hidden Life shows that working through traumas
can lead to a moving literary work.”
—Quinta
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