Rachelle Unreich Rachelle Unreich i(A123353 works by)
Gender: Female
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'Rachelle Unreich started her journalism career when she was completing her Arts/Law degrees at Monash University. In addition to studying writing at UCLA, she has lived in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and Melbourne. She has been a journalist for over 35 years, and has had regular columns in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Herald Sun and Elle magazine. Her work has appeared extensively in Australia, the US, UK and South-East Asia. She currently lives in Melbourne.' (Hachette)

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y separately published work icon A Brilliant Life A Brilliant Life : My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the Holocaust Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2023 26631024 2023 single work biography

'As her mother, Mira, nears the end of her life, journalist Rachelle Unreich wants to find out more about how Mira survived four concentration camps, including Auschwitz. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed - which perhaps had something to do with the strange things that always happened around her. Incredibly, when she gave testimony about the Holocaust decades later, Mira said that it was during this time that she learned about 'the goodness of people'.

'Born in Czechoslovakia, Mira Blumenstock was twelve years old when World War II broke out. She would live a full life in Paris and Australia. Then, at eighty-eight, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Rachelle interviewed Mira to distract her from her illness, and what she discovered about her mother was breathtaking. Not only did Rachelle begin to understand Mira's past, but she was able to fit together the jigsaw puzzle pieces of her own life.

'A story of love, loss, wonder and the deepest kind of faith, A Brilliant Life questions the role of fate and chance, and reveals an unbreakable connection between mother and child. It will capture hearts, spark important conversations and show us that one small act of kindness can, quite literally, save a life.' (Publication summary)

2024 shortlisted Australian Jewish Book Awards Award for Jewish Nonfiction
2024 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
2024 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award Non-Fiction Prize
2024 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) The Matt Richell Award for New Writer
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