This is one of the hardest books I’ve read in a long time. It is also one of the most important books. I happened to finish it this year on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) which felt eerie and poignant. Learning from and about these women who have been largely ignored by history and then were even outcast from the survivor community was so powerful and so interesting. Every page broke my heart, but I am so glad I read this. The writing is great, the research is even better, and it’s truly an act of service and recognition to the survivors to read this.