Schloss, who lectures in the US, Europe, and Australia on the Holocaust and its consequences, was Anne Frank's playmate and posthumous stepsister and imprisoned in Auschwitz like Anne, but survived the camps. In this memoir, she recounts the horrors of the war, her experiences at Auschwitz, liberation, her family's journey to Holland, and their determination to overcome this tragedy. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)