My Friend Anne Frank
The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Published:25th Apr '24
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£22.00(9781846047435)
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Two best friends' lives were about to change for ever, neither would ever be forgotten...
'As a girl I witnessed the world I loved crumble and vanish, destroyed by senseless hatred, and with it, my best friend Anne'
When Hannah's family flee from the Nazi to Amsterdam, she soon strikes up a friendship with a girl just like her freshly arrived from Germany. Precocious and outspoken, the girl's name is Anne Frank and for seven blissful years the inseparable pair navigate school, boys and coming of age.
Then one day in 1942, as the Nazi occupation intensifies, they are separated without warning. Hannah calls on Anne and can't find a trace of her, breakfast dishes still in the sink, beds unmade. Anne and her family have seemingly vanished. They are told the Franks have fled to Switzerland.
As Hannah is tormented by the fate of her friend, hoping she is alive and well elsewhere, her own family's fate unfolds. After attempts to flee themselves, the SS finally come for them and they are taken to the transit camp Westerbork. Eventually Hannah, her father and younger sister Gabi are transported to Bergen-Belsen. Amid horrific conditions with death all around, it is during Hannah's darkest point at the concentration camp that she hears astonishing of news of Anne. Desperate to save her friend who is weak and struggling to survive, Hannah risks her life to help her.
In an incredible memoir of hope, strength and defiance, Hannah shares the intimate, loving portrait of her friendship with the young diarist who would go on to capture the hearts of millions around the world.
'Vivid and extraordinary' * The Guardian *
'Hannah's story finally completes what Anne could not. It is both heartbreaking and life-affirming, and we need its truth now more than ever.' * Dr. Edith Eger, author of The Choice *
'One of the most moving, profound and important books I've ever read.' * Rangan Chatterjee *
'An extraordinary story of love, loss, and the power of friendship in the darkest time. This book, like its author, is an essential companion to Anne Frank's life.' * Jack Fairweather, Costa Prizewinning author of The Volunteer *
'This miraculous wartime memoir is deeply affecting because it is the story of two normal girls' * The Sunday Times *
ISBN: 9781846047466
Dimensions: 197mm x 127mm x 20mm
Weight: 257g
336 pages