Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors and Skokie - Softcover

Pressman, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145647068X ISBN 13: 9781456470685

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Written by a child of two Holocaust Survivors, Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors and Skokie, tells a story of growing up with parents who have survived the unsurvivable, who land in Skokie, an idyllic northern suburb of Chicago, where they’re suddenly free to live their lives, but find the past has arrived with them. In a book that’s both funny and somber, and a story universal in its scope, Linda Pressman creates an unforgettable portrait of adolescent angst and traumatized parents amid the suburban world of the 60s and 70s, ultimately finding that her parents' stories are her own.

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About the Author

Linda Pressman is a freelance writer, speaker, blogger and editor. Her work has appeared in Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, in Poetica Magazine, in Znine, the literary magazine of the University of Texas - Arlington, and in the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. Her work has also appeared in two anthologies, the Maricopa Anthology and Mizmor L'David, a compilation of work by children of Holocaust Survivors. She blogs at Bar Mitzvahzilla, one of the top 30 Jewish blogs on JBlog, and on Open Salon. She has a Bachelor's degree in History, completed all coursework towards a Master's in History, and holds a Master's Degree in English, with which she's taught college as an adjunct. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and may be reached by email at lookingupamemoir@hotmail.com and via her website lindajpressman.com.

From the Back Cover

"Linda Pressman paints a vivid portrait of her Holocaust survivor parents' assimilation into American culture, while raising their seven daughters in Skokie, Illinois. Looking Up: A Memoir of Sisters, Survivors and Skokie is horrifying, tender and irreverent. A skillful and engaging writer, Pressman allows the richness of her European ancestry to shine in spite of bearing the weight of her parents' trauma. This book about a family of nine figuring out life's complexities is like no other memoir I've read on the Holocaust." Sandra Hurtes, Author of On My Way To Someplace Else and RESCUE: A Memoir.


"Linda Pressman gives us a glimpse into a world that no longer exists as a child of survivors who attempts to navigate both the old and new world. With grace and honesty, she taps into the hearts of her family and into her own heart, and gives us stories that will pierce the heart of the reader." Janet R. Kirchheimer, Teaching Fellow at the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and the author of How To Spot One Of Us.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 145647068X
• ISBN 13: 9781456470685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348