Four brief cumulative stories in French about a family, a banquet, a clown, and a mermaid.

Collected here for the first time are the remarkable and moving stories of the 27 British recipients of the ‘Hero of the Holocaust’ award. During one of the darkest times in human history they refused to stand by and do nothing; risking their lives to save Jewish friends, or complete strangers. And yet many of their stories have been forgotten. Frank Foley, a British spy whose cover was working at the British embassy in Berlin, took huge risks issuing forged visas to enable around 10,000 Jews to escape Germany before the outbreak of war. Jane Haining refused to come back to Scotland and leave the Jewish orphans in her care in Hungary. When they were sent to Auschwitz she was transported with them. Louise and Ida Cook were sisters from suburban London. They used their love of opera as a cover to take daring trips to help Jews escape Nazi Germany and Austria right up until the outbreak of war. Ten British POWs hid and cared for young Hannah Sarah Rigler when she escaped from a death march, having been forced to leave her mother behind. All those whose stories are collected here were ordinary people, acting on no one's authority but their own, who found they could not stand idly by in the face of such great evil. Written by acclaimed Holocaust historian Lyn Smith, Heroes of the Holocaust is a moving testament to the bravery of those whose inspiring actions stand out in stark relief at a time of such horror.

L’abus sexuel, la violence domestique, la prison, l’alcoolisme – Anne-Marie Courtemanche les a tous vécu et la plupart avant l'âge de quinze ans. Dans Maman, où es-tu ? elle partage son cheminement tissant ensemble une histoire de perte, de douleur, de courage et transformation. Ce livre contient des thèmes pour adultes au sujet de la négligence, d’abus sexuels, de violence domestique, de traumatismes, de la grossesse chez les adolescentes, des cruautés de l’adoption, de tromperie et de la manipulation. Elle partage comment ces expériences ont affectés sa vie. Ce livre partage tous les détails de son enfance traumatisante. Une mémoire émotionnelle et bouleversante d’amour et de survie. Les souvenirs déchirants d’une fille secouée par la brutalité et la réalité d’une innocence volée un cercle familial brisé. Ce livre démontre que la vie n’est pas définie par les frontières placées autour de nous par les agresseurs et les manipulateurs, mais par la profondeur de l’amour dans son cœur. Très difficile à croire, mais c’est une histoire vrai qui jaillit du Canada.