The Tree of Life, Book One: On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 SFF_Gift_Guide A standout

A standout

" a woman returns home from prison

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The Tree of Life, Book One: On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 SFF_Gift_Guide A standoutOn the Brink of the Precipice, the first volume of the trilogy The Tree of Life, describes the lives of the novels ten protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto before the outbreak of World War II. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen Belsen, draws on her own history to create realistic characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life.