A long labour : a Dutch mother's Holocaust memoir

"Rhodea Shandler gives a Jewish woman's view of life in Holland before and after the Nazis invaded in May 1940. Once family members and friends began to disappear into the camps, Shandler and her husband went into hiding on a farm in the countryside. Becoming pregnant, Shandler gave birth and cared for her infant in primitive conditions until, for the safety of all concerned, she was forced to place the baby with another family. Shandler's memoir ends with the family's decision after the war to emigrate to Canada, and finally, for Shandler to write, not only of what was lost never to be regained, but also of her struggle to resist and give birth to the new." —Back cover