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Summary: A survival storie through the eyes of a child
Review: I am a personal friend of Misha and her family and the account of her story is true. Misha's personality as an adult truly reflects the effect of her life's trauma. Animals are magnetized by her. And i don't just mean domesticated animals. The wildlife is equally attracted to Misha and her love for them. My family and I have been mesmerized by the way she communicates with them. On one occasion, we joined her to a place in Ipswich where they have wolves in captivity. As the group of wolves was innocently going about their daily routine, Misha howled to them. They all howled back to her. Tears ran down my face and shills went down my spine at the same time. It was so incredible. Now we, as an audience tried to howl too. But the response just wasn't there. She clearly could communicate to them. I read her book, i know her life and she is a dear friend to the family. It's a touching story of true survival. The people that actually survived the period of the Holocaust, all have remarkable and incredible stories of survival to tell and sometimes it make you think that only a greater power must have been there to keep them alive. Misha just happened to be one of them.Now may be someone out there may know the fate of her parents and can put her life at rest.
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Summary: An Inspiring Story of Survival and Courage
Review: I have read this book several times, and each time I was inspired by Misha's determination and resourcefulness. I am Jewish myself and was hidden in an orphange in Molenbeek, not far from Anderlecht were Misha stayed.The ability of a young girl to take care of herself in the wild and to relate to wild animals is remarkable. What is also noteworthy is the fact that she was able to function alone. That this is not easy. I know this from experience since I had to learn how to be alone because I was often ostracised due to religious prejudice as a child.
Hopefully more people who read about Misha will see the futility of hating ones fellow human beings and animals and be inspired to respect all life. This book is definitely a treasure worth reading. If it were to be made into a movie, it would surely be inspiring!
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Summary: amazing
Review: I read this book a short while ago and it is almost impossibleto put down.Being jewish ,I read many books about theholocost-biographys,historical,novels and such.The book is heartbreaking and inspirational indeed.I have a little problem with it though-The memories are of a child's but they are told in the language of a grown-up,maybe it's because she had a co-author. Many people say "how can you trust the memory of a child or even a grown-up,when it happend "so long ago"? Well if you think like that you can't trust anything in this world-no accounts of people,memories or anything because one can always claim all thoughts,accounts and memories are subjective.I always used to think(and i'm only 29 years old)that nobody will ever be able to deny the holocost.The Germans documented everyting,there are films,pictures,all kinds of documents,millions of people that took part in the greatest mass murder ever,the survivers themselves,and last but not least the soldiers of the allys that liberated Europe.Most of them weren't Jews,but they saw it all!SO WHAT! there are many holocost deniers even in the face of so much evidence! At some points while reading the book I thought "God,it's not logical that such a little girl would react in such ways,it can't be".But then I thought,"what was logical in those times and circumstances?"Desperate times call for desperate mesures and means.Who knows what each of us would have done in the same situations?Who knows what ideas we would have if we didn't have a choice and our lives depended on it?One more thing I want to say to those that can't believe a child can remember so vivedly.Take yourselves and your memories,and you'll see you have memories from a very early age,especially very good or very bad memories!Almost all of us remember!The terrible things Misha experienced and saw,make it very logical that she does remember.I'm sure I would never forget such things! I strongly recommend this book and many others about the holocost and world war two ,it will change your life,or at least it should! END
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Summary: Waiting for next book
Review: I read this book when it first came out and I had heard her speak in Ma. My understanding was that she was writing a sequel to this and i am very interested to read it if she does. It's a very moving story and one can't help wondering how this brought her into adulthood. Her life didn't stop here.
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Summary: another wolf lover: me
Review: I think Misha's book is the best book i've never read. I hope to meet this special person to tell her how she made me cry while reading. I agree with people who told that it's a book that must be read from all the people, particularly from students who are now opening to the world I would be very happy to have some more informations about the author and also to speak with sombody who read this book to discuss
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Summary: Let's be serious for a moment here
Review: Of all the books that I have read, this book is one that I will never forget. This very moving book will burn an unforgetable image in your brain. The image of her, a seven year old girl, surviving by eating what she entices an adult wolf to regurgitate, is wrenching.. There are many more things about this book that make it such an important book to read. I hope that someone will make it into a movie.
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Summary: THE DEEP DOWN STRENGTH OF SURVIVAL
Review: This is not just another view of WWII. It is a true and personal journey of an orphaned 7 year old through war ravaged Belgium and Eastern Europe. From her escape from a "safe home" to living with a pack of wolves, this is a story of what strength and ingenuity it takes to survive. She joins thousands of others who managed to escape the Nazi's. A remarkable story. Can't wait for the movie!
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Summary: another wolf lover: me
Review: This is the most cool book I ever read in my entire life, a biography with animals, at last, first I saw the wolves in the cover (the french book with a black and a grey wolf), I asked my mother if could buy itand she accepted, I read it, searching for the wolves, getting interested on the storie in the war, my father speeks of the war and he knows so much about it, I was so suprised to see than the germans in the army were called nazis, thats why I'm more interested to the world war two, I finished the book and now I'm reading it again, I laugh when Misha describes the wolfcups playing and glamblimb, I love playing like this but with who? I didn't cry but I had pity, I always knew the human tyrany, I lived betrayal with my friends and somehow I knew the adults were like this too, but not all, my parents are not bad against me, NO! I'm twelve and I know what a "child" can do, I am one myself (like says my mother). I all ready heard the little red riding hood but I never liked it, I liked White Fang, and I like it now to, I always collected animals figurines but I didn't really liked dolls. Misha's the best person (maybe almost) who understands me, we both prefer animals and forest than humans and cities, this book is recomended for everyone! I have a wolfcup figurine and for a memorial name I named her: Louvie Mischke Misha Defonseca, I nickname her: Misha Mischke or Louvie. Animals do not do mortal war for rocks, but humans do, at least I know not all the humans are like the nazis, Misha's one of my heroes (the rest are fiction or...?), at last someone who can understand wolves without a pencil and a paper. If Misha learned Tae Kwon Do or else, man she'll be a great martial artist.
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Summary: Unique and Inspiring!
Review: What a fabulous story. I stayed up half the night to finish the book. This would be an excellent book for pre-teens and up --except for one half page where Misha witnesses a rape in the woods. It is far less graphic than a lot of evening TV. I would still recommend it for "required reading" lists- just giving a heads's up for parents/teachers. I read this book over a year ago and am leaving a review now because the book left such an impression on me.
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