A Dutch Jewish girl describes the two-and-one-half years she spent in hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmer's house during World War II
Johanna Reiss Books
April 4, 1932
This Dutch-born American writer powerfully chronicles her Jewish childhood in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. Her multi-award-winning "The Upstairs Rooms," a YA classic, recounts how she and her sister survived WWII in hiding, detailing her experiences during those harrowing years. In her latest adult memoir, "A Hidden Life," she delves into the lingering traumas of her childhood and the sudden suicide of her late husband.
