Description
WINNER of the Cindy Roadburg Memorial Prize--Western Canada Jewish Book Awards NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents' Holocaust stories in the wake of her own divorce, investigating how trauma migrates through generations with empathy, humour, and resilience. Marsha was five when a simple question led to a horrifying answer. Sitting in her kitchen, she asked her mother why she didn't have any grandparents. Her mother told her the truth: the Holocaust.
Decades later, her parents dead and herself a mother to a young son, Marsha begins to wonder how much history has shaped her own life. Reeling in the wake of a divorce, she craves her parents' help. But in their absence, she is gripped by a need to understand the trauma they suffered, and she begins her own journey into the past to tell her family's stories of loss and resilience.
Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, intergenerational trauma, divorce, and discovery that will guide readers through several lifetimes of monumental change.
Author: Marsha Lederman
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 08/22/2023
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.12w x 1.26d
ISBN13: 9780771049385
ISBN10: 0771049382
BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- Family & Relationships | Divorce & Separation
- Social Science | Jewish Studies
Decades later, her parents dead and herself a mother to a young son, Marsha begins to wonder how much history has shaped her own life. Reeling in the wake of a divorce, she craves her parents' help. But in their absence, she is gripped by a need to understand the trauma they suffered, and she begins her own journey into the past to tell her family's stories of loss and resilience.
Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, intergenerational trauma, divorce, and discovery that will guide readers through several lifetimes of monumental change.
Author: Marsha Lederman
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 08/22/2023
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.95h x 5.12w x 1.26d
ISBN13: 9780771049385
ISBN10: 0771049382
BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust
- Family & Relationships | Divorce & Separation
- Social Science | Jewish Studies