Dear Lizzie

Leona Tamarkin Recounts Her Ordeal As A Jewish Refugee During The First World War And Her Life As A Young Immigrant In America After 1920. TamarkinS Narrative Rings With Determination Will To Live And Boldness Even Within Confining Circumstances. First Conveyed As A Letter From A Grandmother To Her Then Fifteen-Year-Old Granddaughter Lizzie The Memoir Offers A Story Too Painful To Say Out Loud But Too Important To Be Left Unsaid. More Than Simply A Family Story TamarkinS Written Words Bring Immediacy And Humanity To Distant Historical Events.