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" ... What if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust? The year is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps but lost her mother and sister along the way, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated Amsterdam. But it's not easy to fit the pieces of their life back together. Anne is adrift, haunted by the ghosts of the horrors they experienced, while Pim is fixated on returning to normalcy. Anne's beloved diary has been lost, and her dreams of becoming a writer seem distant and pointless now. As she struggles to overcome the brutality of memory and build a new life for herself, Anne grapples with heartbreak, grief, and ultimately the freedom of forgiveness. A story of trauma and redemption, Annelies honors Anne Frank's legacy as not only a symbol of hope and perseverance, but also a complex young woman of great ambition and heart ..."--Back cover.… (more)
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I must admit that I cried a lot of tears while reading this book. Anne's time in the camps was so physically demeaning and her anger and confusion after the war were so mentally harsh. This was a beautiful, well written and well re-searched novel. Suspend your knowledge that you know Anne didn't survive and read this author's story about what her life could have been like -- you'll be glad that you did.
Thanks to First to Read for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own
The year is 1945, and Anne Frank is sixteen years old. Having survived the concentration camps, but lost her mother and sister, she reunites with her father, Pim, in newly liberated Amsterdam.
We follow Anne before, during, and after the war that describes her family's confinement and the horrors they endured at
Mr. Gillham brings Anne back to life and fictitiously lets us see how she is trying to put her life back together as she reunites with her father who in actuality is the only surviving family member.
The detailed writing and re-telling will hold your interest from the minute you begin reading.
This book is a tribute to all of those who suffered, survived, perished, and helped in any way possible during history's darkest hours.
Mr. Gillham did an outstanding job of researching as well as using a creative method of portraying Anne Frank's life as it may have been even though she did not survive the Holocaust.
Through Mr. Gillham’s marvelous writing style we are transported back in time as we experience what Anne experienced during her captivity and as she tries to re-enter her previous life that is always filled with the presence and reminders of her captors and how she had to comply.
ANNELIES is a beautiful, heartfelt book you will want to absorb with attention to every detail.
Anne seems as though she was and would have been a feisty young lady that the world has missed and could have learned from. 5/5
This book was given to me as ARC by the author in exchange for an honest review.
The first hundred pages of the book covered key moments in Anne's life before the Annex, while in hiding, and in the camps. The author used these pages effectively, letting us see Anne as the optimistic dreamer she had been, thus showing how utterly affected Anne was by her experience in the camps. This helped me be sympathetic later when she spoke out angrily and hurtfully: I could see that she was letting grief overwhelm her thoughts and feelings. It was also interesting and heartbreaking to see the external hardships the Jews had to deal with as they attempted to return to normal lives.
Thank you Goodreads for the ARC!
I think this book has a great premise. However, I did not particularly like how the author executed the story. The author
Here's why. IF Anne had lived through the horrors of the
ANNELIES has created an understandably scarred and troubled girl, but one filled with a non-ending vindictive rage. And then? bam. She is in America touring with her book. What????
Preserve your thoughts, save your money, re-read the DIARY if you like.