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The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller With a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales 'A stunningly moving book about the power of hope and love to overcome the very worst of mankind' Piers Morgan When Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a Jewish-American soldier gave her a banknote on which he'd written 'Good luck and happiness'. And when her great-grandson, Dov, decided to use social media to track down the family of the GI, 96-year-old Lily found herself making headlines round the world. Lily had promised herself that if she survived Auschwitz she would tell everyone the truth about the camp. Now was her chance. In Lily's Promise she writes movingly about her happy childhood in Hungary, the death of her mother and two youngest siblings on their arrival at Auschwitz in 1944 and her determination to keep her two other sisters safe. She describes the inhumanity of the camp and the small acts of defiance that gave her strength. From there she and her sisters became slave labour in a munitions factory, and then faced a death march that they barely survived. Lily lost so much, but she built a new life for herself and her family, first in Israel and then in London. It wasn't easy; the pain of her past was always with her, but this extraordinary woman found the strength to speak out in the hope that such evil would never happen again. 'Utterly compelling, heartbreaking, truthful and yet redemptive, a memoir of the Holocaust, a testimony of irrepressible spirit and an unforgettable family chronicle, written in lucid prose by a truly remarkable woman about her life from Hungary to Auschwitz, Israel to London. I couldn't stop reading it.' Simon Sebag MontefioreProduct Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139781529073409
eBay Product ID (ePID)13049039106
Product Key Features
Book TitleLily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicMemorials, History
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorLily Ebert
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight564 g
Item Width162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorLily Ebert
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- 07 Oct, 2021
Brilliant
I simply could not put this book down. People who think today are badly done to should read this book before going on marches saying how bad they are done to. The book is really that good.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 09 Feb, 2022
A must read.
An excellent book, so well written and a book that you can’t put down once you start it. Such a moving story of Lily and her family. Inspirational lady.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 20 Feb, 2022
Fantastic read.
Although I havent quite finish reading this book , I am mesmerised already and find how courageous Lily was and what a lovely person she is.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 Aug, 2024
Great reading book cover a bit batered B...
Great reading book cover a bit batered But overall okVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Dec, 2024
Amazing life story
This book is such an amazing story of survival against all odds. I thoroughly recommend it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Oct, 2021
Lily's Promise.
History we should never forget , terrific account and facts of human heroism and self preservation.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 29 Sep, 2021
Lily's promise
An excellent and thought provoking very brave account of man's Inhumanity to man. Never to be forgotten.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 29 Sep, 2021
Brilliant
An amazing story, couldn't put the book downVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 Apr, 2024
Delighted
Delighted with this book. I have read several of Auschwitz books but found this one of the best.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Sep, 2021
Good read
Really interested in things about the war and the Jews So found this book really interestingVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
