Flory
A Miraculous Story of Survival

I have to agree with the critic. Hearing this read, I felt she was right here beside me. I started this book late at night when I could not go to sleep. I then found myself fighting sleep to hear her story. It is not just about what happened to her and her family but about the people around her, the......more

I don't know how a book like this could be given less than five stars. It is a first-hand account of the Nazi occupation of Holland. Flory and her husband, both Jewish, were taken in by more than one set of complete strangers over a 5 year period so that their lives would be saved. They hid in attic......more

Interesting story, I've been to the town she lived in and hid in during the war. Having been an exchange student in Holland, I have met a number of Dutch families that either were in the Resistance Movement or hid Jewish families during WWII. Because I'd been to her town this book was of particular......more

I have just finished reading and I’m still under the spell of this story! It’s a memoir which everyone needs to read, regardless of their interest in the history of particular era as it demonstrates not only the strength of the human spirit under the most terrifying of circumstances but reveals a tr......more

I try to avoid any more Holocaust books because they are so depressing, but this book was like a thriller and had a happy ending. It's an incredible tale of Dutch Jews that are first thinking that Hitler won't come up all the way to Holland, and then when he does, rush furtively from safe house to s......more