Carlotta Brentan infuses this audio with all the emotional intensity it deserves. It recounts the childhood experiences of the author’s grandmother, Rieke, in Holocaust-era Romania. Brentan’s narration does full justice to the heroine’s reactions to the complex personal and political upheavals she encountered. Brentan anchors us firmly in Rieke’s feelings toward her family — her deep love for Opa, her beloved grandfather, and her impatience with her mother’s many headaches and concerns about Astra, Rieke’s elder sister.
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