{"product_id":"becoming-sarah-diane-botnick-paperback","title":"Becoming Sarah -- Diane Botnick, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Claire Messud and T\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eéa Obreht, a debut novel that examines how the Holocaust shapes the life of one tough survivor and the toll it takes on her daughters and granddaughters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan you call yourself a Survivor if you don't know what you survived? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTake Sarah Vogel. Auschwitz is her hometown, yet she has no memory of the place. Not the obscene conditions of her birth, the mother, or the changing cast of faceless women who kept her warm on winter nights. She's only three when liberated, and with no one to tell her who she is or what she might become, Sarah has no choice but to invent herself. On her journey from Europe, land of the defeated, to America, land of the self-invented, she learns that holes in a person's past are red flags and that little white lies go down easier than explanations. But eventually those lies will become the wall that hides her true self, the good \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e the bad, from those she loves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Sarah\u003c\/i\u003e is the poignant, sometimes ruthless portrait of an American family--its matriarch, a tough old bird who should never have drawn breath but is bent on lasting forever--and the line of daughters and granddaughters who follow. Each generation standing on the shoulders of the last; each gaining more of the strength, will, and maybe even luck that will make them Survivors in their own right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Botnick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896360001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Botnick\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in the Midwest. She called New York City home for years, writing while working for various organizations in support of the arts. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Sarah\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. She and her family currently live in Cold Spring, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Botnick, Diane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46915949232356,"sku":"9798896360001","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9798896360001.jpg?v=1761765489","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/becoming-sarah-diane-botnick-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}