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A New York Times bestseller! An extraordinary and literary "love story" between a young mother and a much older Holocaust survivor that celebrates the unique and powerful bonds of friendship. It explores a complex relationship with someone from a different generation and socioeconomic background, and someone who happened to be one of the last surviving Holocaust witnesses of our time.

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"You Saved Me, Too is a soulful story about two unlikely companions--a young mother and an elderly Holocaust survivor--and their complicated, hilarious, and extraordinary friendship. With razor sharp wit and a compassionate eye, Resnick deftly weaves together the personal and the historical in this heartbreaking, yet uplifting memoir. This book reminded me of why we are here--to help ease the suffering of others and to fearlessly love one another to the end of time." -Mira Bartok, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Memory Palace"Resnick expertly ... intersperses bits and pieces of Aron's life in the camps with her feelings about Judaism, her family life and her steadfast belief that the world should do right by her friend, a man who had suffered more than enough. . . . Resnick's compassionate prose captures the voice and soul of Aron, ensuring that his memories will continue long after the number '141324' has disappeared. A poignant, memorable story of friendship and of a period in time that should never be forgotten." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "In well-executed, second-person prose, Resnick speaks directly to the elderly Aron Lieb--a virtually family-less Holocaust survivor whom she befriends--as he lies on his deathbed in a nursing home. Short vignettes skip back and forth through time, covering the history of their relationship: Resnick's struggle with Jewish identity ("I figured as long as I stayed ambivalent about being Jewish, I might not get killed by the Nazis the next time they came") and Aron's own history before, during, and after the war. The writing is sentimental and emotional (culminating in "Who saved whom?") as much as it is honest and informative; in telling Aron's story, Resnick unapologetically criticizes both the incompetence of elder-care facilities as well as the failure of Jewish communal organizations to help a person who, after a life of hardship, deserves a break. This painful memoir is not easy to read: Resnick displays her artistic skill as she attempts to make sense of Aron's life in light of her own ("I own the book of your life, but I can't read it"). The telling of Aron's story, a true labor of love, is a reminder of both the individuality of each survivor and the reality that their generation is dying and must be remembered." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Susan Kushner Resnick teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University. Her most recent narrative nonfiction book, Goodbye Wifes and Daughters (University of Nebraska Press, cloth 2010, paper 2011), won a gold medal for nonfiction from the Independent Publisher's Book Awards and was a finalist for the Montana Book Award, the Western Writers of America Contemporary Nonfiction Award and the High Plains Book Awards. Her first book, Sleepless Days: One Woman's Journey Through Postpartum Depression (St. Martin's Press, cloth 2000, paper 2001), was the first PPD memoir by an American author. She's been a journalist for 26 years, years, reporting most recently for The Providence Journal. She's been published The New York Times magazine, The Boston Globe, Parents, Utne Reader and Montana Quarterly, among other publications. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2001 and her work was listed as a notable essay in The Best American Essays 1999. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two teenagers.

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  • PublisherGlobe Pequot Press
  • Publication date2013
  • ISBN 10 0762788194
  • ISBN 13 9780762788194
  • BindingPaperback
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