Until February 15; 2001; Howard Reich’s mother; Sonia; had managed to keep almost everything about her experience of the Holocaust from her son. That night; she packed some clothes and fled her house in Skokie; Illinois; convinced that someone was trying to kill her. This was the first indication that she was suffering from late-onset post traumatic stress disorder; a little-known condition that can emerge decades after the initial trauma. For Howard; it was also the opening of a window onto his mother’s past. In Prisoner of Her Past; Howard Reich has written a moving memoir about growing up as the child of Holocaust survivors and finding refuge from silence and fear in the world of jazz. It is only when Sonia’s memories overwhelm her and Howard begins to piece together her story that he comes to understand how his parents’ lives shaped his own. The paperback edition includes an epilogue by the author that relates developments since the publication of the cloth edition.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Mending Broken SoldiersBy Johnnie PAnyone with an interest in the Civil War has either read or heard stories of piles of amputated limbs below windows of field hospitals where Surgeons discarded the amputated limbs. Have you ever wondered what became of those wounded soldiers? Oh yes; we have seen war time or post war images of soldiers with amputations using crutches and occassionally wearing a prosthetic device. But; have you ever wondered if there was a war time program to provide artificial limbs to soldiers?Wonder no longer! Guy R. Hasegawa has produced an excellent research work that describes the political considerations and funding sources of providing upper and lower limb prosthetics to amputated soldiers; North and South. Though both programs were starkly different; they both provided artificial limbs to amputated soldiers and Mr. Hasegawa covers both programs. In the United States the artificial limb industry was not new. Industrial and farm accidents accounted for the need of an artificial limb industry. However; during and after the Civil War the artificial limb industry expanded as a result of the many surviving amputee veterans; who needed an artificial limb to continue living productive lives.I applaud Guy Hasegawa for bring this work to the public. It adds greatly to the understanding of how amputated soldiers fared during and after the war. Highly recommended for every student of the war.Johnnie P. PearsonEditor - Lee and Jackson's Bloody Twelfth. The Letters of Irby Goodwin Scott; First Lieutenant; Company G; Putnam Light Infantry; Twelfth Georgia Volunteer Infantry.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy NKHasegawa is one of the very few to cover Confederate ARMS program; but definitely the only one to do it so thoroughly. Well researched and well written with an excellent set of primary source citations; as well as appendices.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Book LoverExcellent book. Well-researched. Easy read.
