Resilience: One Family's Story of Hope and Triumph Over Evil - Softcover

Stone MD, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974917826 ISBN 13: 9780974917825

Publisher: Mountainside MD Press, 2019

Synopsis

Dr. Judy Stone, the daughter of Hungarian survivors of Auschwitz and Dachau, tells the story of her family's strength and resilience during some the most horrific events of the twentieth century. Join her as she learns how they survived and rebuilt their lives, focusing on hope and the good people they found.

Readers will

• Learn the story of one family who lived normal lives until they were removed from their homes and treated as less than animals by the Nazis.
• Read firsthand accounts of the atrocities suffered by Jews during World War II.
• See the resilience of the human spirit.
• Gain an appreciation of how hope, kindness, connection, gratitude, and small gestures helped those who suffered.
• Understand the lessons we need to learn so that history will not repeat itself.

This book not only provides testimony about the horrors of the Holocaust but also offers a connection to the rich heritage of Jewish life in Europe that has been largely lost.
 
The profits from this book will be donated to organizations that promote Holocaust education.

About this title

About the Author:

Judy Stone, MD, is the daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors and has a longstanding interest in genealogy and family history. She also is an infectious diseases physician and the author of Conducting Clinical Research: A Practical Guide, which has been adopted as a text throughout the country. Her new book, Resilience: One Family's Story of Hope and Triumph Over Evil, was published on October 1, 2019.
 
Stone had a busy solo, 100 percent ID practice in rural Cumberland, Maryland for 25 years and now works part-time as a locum tenens (substitute) physician.
 
She is a Forbes Pharma and Healthcare contributor and previously wrote the Molecules to Medicine column for Scientific American. Stone particularly likes writing about the overlap between medicine, politics, and social justice issues, based on the values she was raised with. She studied briefly in Peru and Thailand and volunteered and taught in India. She still wants to save the world when she grows up and would love to teach overseas.
 
She lives in Cumberland, Maryland.

Review:

"Peopled by a large cast of unforgettable characters, this brave and unflinching second-generation family memoir is a daughter's coming of terms with her parents' tragic past and with her own demons. Judy Stone wrests a redemptive victory for the survivors and their descendants in this riveting narrative of history's darkest moments."--Elaine Kalman Naves, author of  Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family and Shoshanna's Story: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Shadows of History "Remembering can be painful, and eliciting and sharing painful memories takes courage. Author and physician Judy Stone and her family, Holocaust survivors, prove they are more than courageous. Resilience will hurt your heart but may also help to heal some of our deepest wounds."--Amy Friedman, author of Desperado's Wife: A Memoir "This is an important work about the Holocaust. But like Shalom Aleichem's Tevya stories, Judy Stone's Resilience is not just about one family--it's about all families, because in it she captures the essence of family life everywhere."--Peter Lovenheim, journalist and author of In the Neighborhood "Stone's family history is well written and riveting--among the best of the genre. Highly recommended."--Jack R. Fischel, PhD, Emeritus Professor of History, Millersville University, and author of The Holocaust and the Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust "There is so much to admire in this wonderful book about horror, love, family, hate, endurance, and memory."--David Dobbs, author of My Mother's Lover and contributor to the New York Times and the Atlantic "Her connections between social conditions, disease, and survival results is more than just another family memoir of surviving Nazi death camps . . . It probes the roots of resilience, considers hope, kindness, and gratitude in the face of suffering, and weaves these themes into an inspirational family memoir . ." "Another big difference . . is that Dr. Stone reviews past experiences, present-day choices, and the influences that shape personalities and perspectives on how to live life . . Resilience draws important connections between events and their generational influence."  "While Resilience is highly recommended for any Jewish history collection strong in autobiographies of Holocaust experience, it would be a shame to limit its audience to this group alone. It holds invaluable lessons for those interested in family dynamics, the legacy of survival, adaptation and change, and how to ultimately make the world a gentler, more peaceful place."--Midwest Book Review "Reading at times like a film script, the memoir includes some gripping narratives that poignantly illustrate true bravery, hope and resilience . . ." --Norm Goldman, Bookpleasures.com

"Dr. Judy Stone, the daughter of survivors and, with this book, the voice for both the survivors of a large, extended Jewish-Hungarian family and their memories of those who perished, connects the past with the present in an inspired and chilling way. . . . It's all here, the result of committed passion lifting the heavy weight of assumed responsibility."--Phil Jason, The Jewish News  "The publication of the book, Resilience: one family's story of hope and triumph over evil, offers the chance to hear the voice of a now retired infectious disease doctor, Judy Stone, reflecting on the importance of educating new generations on the pitfalls of extremism and nationalism, through the history of her Jewish family and the legacy of the trauma of those who survived the Holocaust . . . Resilience acts as a reminder of how dangerous it is for any community to allow the rights of others to be dented little by little because of racism and prejudice. . . the book has also been a journey of self-discovery that has brought her closer to her native Jewish religion, and made her appreciate the importance of knowing her roots and understanding the value of tolerance. . . the person she is and the way she treats others has been shaped by the values and experiences that her family transmitted over the years to its younger generations." --Marco De Ambrogi, TheLancet.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountainside MD Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0974917826
• ISBN 13: 9780974917825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392