{"product_id":"first-generation-singular-shirlee-sky-hoffman-9781533660657","title":"First Generation Singular: Reactions to Living in Post-Holocaust Germany: in Poetry and Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003eA member of the first generation growing up after World War II when Nazi Germany killed more than six million Jews in horrific acts of genocide, Shirlee Sky Hoffman became aware of the Holocaust at an early age. In her hauntingly intimate poetry and prose, she probes the reverberations of living, at first reluctantly, for two years in the 1970s, in a country where a few decades before she would have been exterminated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoffman's writing includes descriptions of her positive experiences in West Germany, largely shaped by a close group of German friends. She intersperses explorations of how remembering the destruction wrought by the Holocaust has permeated her life and that of the broader Jewish community with reflections on the ironies of her family's history and on the persistence of evil. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy publishing \u003ci\u003eFirst Generation Singular: Reactions to Living in Post-Holocaust Germany\u003c\/i\u003e, a stunning tribute to her Jewish heritage and legacy, Hoffman participates in memorializing the Holocaust and its clear lessons for humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComments from pre-publication readers: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"You write poetry I can understand....beautiful, powerful, sometimes raw.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...intense, searching; awakened deep emotions and questions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The prose and poems in this book confront some of the most difficult topics ever...the impossibilities of comprehending the Holocaust's destruction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirlee Sky Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1533660654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781533660657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.26d","brand":"Shirlee Sky Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439626170623,"sku":"9781533660657","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff636989-2eaf-4bbd-803e-8d4f16c584dd.jpg?v=1777178738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-generation-singular-shirlee-sky-hoffman-9781533660657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}