Edith's Book

Hardback (29 Oct 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The extraordinary true story of how the young Edith Velmans, from a sophisticated Jewish family in The Hague, was hidden by a Dutch family during the war at enormous personal danger. Edith survived but her mother,father, grandmother and one of her brothers died - all of which is described in this truly moving book. The story is told partly through straight narrative but partly through diaries and letters that Edith kept .

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Viking

Viking

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Book information

ISBN: 9780670881611
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.53088296
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 464g
Height: 224mm
Width: 144mm
Spine width: 27mm