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4.0 out of 5 stars
An ode to new beginnings, 13 Sep 2009
Day After Night is an engaging, well-written work of historical fiction, looking at the lives and rescue of the Jewish women who were detained as illegal immigrants after attempting to find new homes in Palestine post-WWII. Some were fresh from the death camps of Nazi Europe, others from situations just as dangerous or degrading, yet they found themselves corralled into another prison camp, with more barbed wire and guards - this time British - with freedom tantalisingly close, yet still out of reach.
The losses suffered by these women during the holocaust, and their desire to find a new home, build new lives, sometimes seems to be their only common ground. Diamant wills onto the page four principal, disparate characters in Shayndel, Leonie, Tedi and Zorah, each with their own powerful story; each trying to find a path from the past into the future and though Anita Diamant clearly researched her book thoroughly, this is a much a tale of friendship, life, mourning and joy as it is a lesson in the Jewish post-war resettlement in Israel; both moving and fascinating.
It is difficult to say that I `enjoyed' this book - for one thing, the renewed awareness of the imperfect role of the British when it came to war administration was rather uncomfortable - but it is sad and redeeming and human and brave and makes the reader marvel at how life blossomed from the ashes of places like Auschwitz, how these women struggled out from under the enormity of the loss and fear, anger and shame, and faced what was ahead with hope and dignity.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Day after Night, 4 Dec 2009
I found the book enlightening, to be honest, as horrified as I was to learn of the holocaust I never gave much thought about the plight of these people after their release...or not as it seems. That they wanted to be left to their own devices after their internment is, of course understandable, and that they would want to try and look for their old haunts and relatives. They should have been set free, as they all so much wanted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripping and poignant for all the right reasons!, 5 Oct 2009
This book is insightful and heartfelt, with beautifully created characters. Haunting in places, this book reflects on life for women after escaping the Holocaust, and shows how their trials and tribulations were nowhere near over, even after reaching the "homeland" of Israel.
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