The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million

from spounds

There are books you stumble upon that seem to strike a chord deep within you. I was only three pages into The Lost: The Search for Six of Six Hundred when I knew this was that kind of book. I can't even remember how I found out about it. Some book site recommendation, probably, but whoever or wha...

from MarthaHuntley

The Lost is a very long and rich book, well worth the investment of time to read it. I'm not sure everyone would like The Lost as much as my husband and I do, but we both think it is superb and one-of-a-kind. In it, the author, a relative of a family of six who were killed by the Nazis in the Hol...

from Thisisme663

An amazing book, the best I've read in a while. This book reinstilled in me a desire to reach back into my own familys history. It also opened my eyes to the holocaust, a thing more complex and far-reaching than I thought possible. Many, many stars for this book.

from michalsuz

An excellent book, though suffering from over-indulgent editing - the Biblical commentaries should come out, and the whole thing is too long. But a fantastic read and teaching about the reality of the Holocaust and how it continues to reverberate down the generations.

from tigermel

I went through different phases during this book. First i couldn't get into it, then it was ok but not great, then sometime around page 250 i got completely sucked in and ended up loving this book. it is a 5. I think it is the way the story is written. the author put little asides in, like "or so...