Rachelle Unreich, A BRILLIANT LIFE: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust

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🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Zibby speaks to journalist Rachelle Unreich about A BRILLIANT LIFE: My Mother’s Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust, a delicate and evocative family history built from the interviews she conducted with her 89-year-old mother, Mira, before she died of cancer. Rachelle shares what it was like to uncover both the horrors of the Holocaust and her mother’s incredible resilience and optimism. She highlights her mother’s unwavering faith in humanity and the lessons she imparted about finding hope in dark times. Finally, she reflects on the painstaking process of writing this book during the pandemic lockdown and then touches on the themes of intergenerational strength and mother-daughter bonds.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books with Zivie.
0:07.8	I'm the host, Zivie Owens.
0:09.7	I am an author.
0:10.7	My latest is Blank, Pub Date March 1st, a novel.
0:13.7	I'm also a podcaster, obviously, a publisher, a bookstore owner, and so much more.
0:18.9	If you love books, you're in the right place. In fact,
0:22.2	we call it the Zivieverse, or really, the L.A. Times called it the Zivieverse, and we're going
0:26.4	with it. Go to Zivie Owens.com to learn more and follow me on Instagram at Zivie Owens.
0:33.3	Today's episode is about a brilliant life, my mother's inspiring Story of Surviving the Holocaust by Rochelle Unreich.
0:41.4	Rochelle has been a journalist for almost 38 years, writing for publications, including Harper's Bazaar, L. and Rolling Stone.
0:47.6	She lives in Melbourne, Australia, but spent seven years in the U.S. completing her law degree at UCLA.
0:52.7	A Brilliant Life was the subject of an eight imprint auction in Australia and is now published in the U.S., completing her law degree at UCLA, A Brilliant Life was the subject of an eight
0:54.8	imprint auction in Australia and is now published in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
0:59.9	the UK, and South Africa.
1:01.6	It is her first book.
1:03.8	Welcome, Rochelle.
1:04.6	Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss your
1:08.1	absolutely beautiful, heartbreaking, inspiring, all of it,
1:12.3	amazing book, a brilliant life about my mother's inspiring story of surviving the Holocaust.
1:17.4	Thank you.
1:17.8	Thank you so much for having me.
1:19.3	I'm really excited.
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