Daughters of Absence; Transforming a Legacy of Loss

xxxvi, 216 , [4] pages. Illustrations (some in color). This copy has an author signed personal inscription on the fep that reads: "For Dearest Ben - the close & true friend of my daughter who is never absent - With my love (from my heart). Mindy 2001". Creative daughters transform their parents' Holocaust darkness into a celebration of life. All the writers were daughters of Holocaust survivors. Mindy Weisel, an internationally renowned artist, author and speaker, was elected into the Smithsonian Archives of American Artists in 2000. Her works are in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art, Oxford University and the Israel Museum, among other public and private collections. Weisel is the author of DAUGHTERS OF ABSENCE: Transforming a Legacy of Loss; TOUCHING QUIET: Reflections in Solitude, and her latest book: AFTER: The Obligation of Beauty . She is a member of the United States Art in Embassies program. "As daughters of Holocaust survivors, we were buds growing from nearly dead branches," writes artist Mindy Weisel in 'Daughters of Absence,' "But we are the daughters of the future. We turned to the artistic and the creative expressions of life’s beauty in celebrating their survival." In this moving tribute, a distinguished group of creative women collaborate to reveal what it was like to grow up in the shadow of their parents’ Holocaust ordeal and how they transformed that legacy into the beauty of their films, art, photographs, poems, stories, and lives. So much has been written about the horrors -- this book is a moving tribute to the human spirit. Includes an essay by Hadassah Lieberman, wife of Senator Joe Liberman. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…