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For Bashert - A Granddaughter s Holocaust Quest: Simon s writing makes us care, care about her, her grandmother, her town and her self-discovery. Pilgrimage is the most ancient of religious rituals, a journey forth that is also a journey into self and Bashert is an admirable account of Simon s pilgrimage. -- Michael Berenbaum, Director, Sigi Ziering Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Ethics, The University of Judaism For Bashert - A Granddaughter s Holocaust Quest: This has the welcome effect of demonstrating the quality, beauty and despair of those lives that were destroyed . . . The very personal approach and the attempt to reconstruct fragments of the quality of life . . . give it a special and enduring quality. Martin Dean, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum For Bashert - A Granddaughter s Holocaust Quest: Bashert is an emotional roller-coaster ride. I laughed heartily at some of the family anecdotes, and I cried bitterly at the description of the horrific executions of innocent men, women and children whose only crime was being Jewish. I kvelled with Andrea when I learned of her family s bravery and courage . . . and I mourned the senseless loss of so many loved ones. Michael D. Fein, editor, The Gantseh Megillah

[Readers] will stay rooted in the everyday triumphs and growing pains of the narrator s development from little girl to young lady, all while becoming more familiar with the facets of pre-Holocaust existence not often taught in class. Brittany Drehobl, <i>School Library Journal</i>

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Andrea Simon is the author of the memoir Bashert: A Granddaughter's Holocaust Quest, as well as several published stories and essays. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the winner of the Ernest Hemingway First Novel Contest and the Authors in the Park Short Story Writing Contest. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York where she has taught writing. Andrea lives in New York City with her husband.

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