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The Diary of a Young Girl
Bantam
June 1993
On Sale: June 1, 1993
304 pages
ISBN: 0553296981
EAN: 9780553296983
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of
her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a
world classic -- a powerful reminder of the horrors of war
and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with
Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and
her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into
hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were
betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived
cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building.
Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom,
the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and
the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary
Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences
during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and
amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on
human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of
a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was
tragically cut short.
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