From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Holocaust Kid
The Holocaust Kid
The Holocaust Kid is a semi-autobiographical novel by So- from Auschwitz. Other stories have to do with Zoe appre-
nia Pilcer. ciating her parents more, marrying, and going on vaca-
tion with her parents.
Plot summary
The book has fifteen stories that is loosely based on the
Reception
life of author Sonia Pilcer. Zosha Palovsky, who prefers • It was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.[1]
to call herself Zoe, was born in Europe in a camp for DPs. • It was reviewed by Publishers Weekly.[2]
She moved to New York with her parents, Genia and He- • It was reviewed by Booklist.[3]
niek, when she was a toddler. Zoe reconciles her dreams
with her parents’ experiences. The first story called Do
You Deserve To Lie is narrated by Zoe who works for a
References
movie magazine and does things that her parents doesn’t [1] Kirkus Reviews
appreciate. Two stories tell about how Genia was saved [2] Publishers Weekly
from the gas chambers and how she met Heniek after the [3] Booklist
war. In another story, it talks about how Heniek escaped
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Categories:
• Holocaust books
• Autobiographical novels
• 2002 novels
• 2000s novel stubs
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