Wendy Holden was a journalist for eighteen years, including a decade at the Daily Telegraph. She is the author and coauthor of more than thirty books, among them several internationally acclaimed wartime biographies, including Born Survivors, as well as the New York Times bestsellers A Lotus Grows in the Mud (with Goldie Hawn) and Lady Blue Eyes (with Frank Sinatra's widow, Barbara). She lives in Suffolk, England, with her husband and two dogs, and divides her time between the UK and the US.
"It's no surprise Born Survivors is gathering excellent reviews." -- Chicago Tribune"Packed with harrowing detail and impressively well-researched.... Intense, powerful, and moving, more than make up for this. Born Survivors is a worthy testament to these three women and the miraculous survival of their children." -- Jewish Chronicle"With remarkable detail gleaned from a wealth of research, journalist and author Holden relates the three women's unforgettable journey from their imprisonment in ghettos to their arrival at Auschwitz, where the feared Dr. Josef Mengele inspected each woman to find out who was pregnant, through their forced labor at munitions factories and the final hellish transport to the Nazi concentration camp at Mauthausen.... An astonishing and deeply moving work." -- Booklist (starred review)"Holden's triple biography is packed with enough contextual information to qualify as a history lesson but makes its impression as a tale of undeniable courage and astonishing love in the face of incredible cruelty and evil." -- Contra Costa Times"Holden deftly weaves together the stories of three women--Priska, Rachel, and Anka--whose children were born in Nazi concentration camps during the last chaotic weeks of World War II. The author's analysis of each woman's experiences. . . provide[s] valuable insight into the stark choices faced by Jews during the Holocaust." -- Library Journal"A work of quite extraordinary investigative dedication.... A moving testament of faith." -- Sir Harold Evans"Born Survivors is exceptionally fresh history, a work of prodigious original research, written with zealous empathy." -- New York Times"Even though it occurred more than 70 years ago, the story's truth is so chillingly portrayed that it seems as if it could have happened recently.... An engrossing, intense, and highly descriptive narrative chronicling the ghastly conditions three pregnant women suffered through at the hands of the Nazis." -- Kirkus Reviews"Holden weaves. . . written, oral and recorded accounts, plus an array of historical records, into a spellbinding story of perseverance amid systematic abuse." -- American Jewish World
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