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    In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
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    In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
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    In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

    Written by Irene Gut Opdyke and Jennifer Armstrong

    Narrated by Hope Davis

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    About this audiobook

    IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 24, 2015
    ISBN9780147520449
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    In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

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    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book, entertaining, inspiring and educational. Loved it.
    • 3/5
      I assume (with n;o good reason) that Morris is citing his sources accurately, but he seems to delight in presenting Reagan in a negative fashion. Note that Morris makes himself a character in the narrative, but was not actually involved in any of the events he chronicles, a controversial tactic much discussed on publication.I learned a lot about Reagan, and admired much of it; I don't think Morris likes him nearly so well.Compare to his previous biography of TR, a self-proclaimed progressive and omnibiblious intellectual: RR was very nearly the opposite of what Morris approved.
    • 2/5
      This book is quite the oddball. I decided to read it after Reagan's passing, hoping to learn more about a President that served two terms in my lifetime yet I was too young to know anything about. Morris takes a tack in writing this I've never seen before. Rather than do a traditional writing of the memoir's of Reagan - he takes a smorgasbord of individuals involved in all stages of Reagan's life and mashes them all together into one fictionalized character that tells the story. Either you'll love that idea or you'll hate it. I couldn't get past it. You never quite know who the fictionalized narrator really is speaking for throughout the book, and for me, you also never know what other sort of license Morris took with the story of Reagan's life. Bravo to him for trying something new, but I didn't particularly care for it - personally if I'm reading non-fiction I want to be sure everything in it's non-fiction, that's the hump I just couldn't get over with this book.
    • 2/5
      The whole book is told from the point-of-view of a Gary Stu who conveniently and coincidentally runs into Reagan or parallels his life throughout. This self-insertion required the invention of many details; fictional end notes provide a veneer of verisimilitude, but actually make the entire work less trustworthy. I can't really suggest a better book, and I must admit this one is a page-turner, but it's definitely not the definitive biography of Reagan.
    • 5/5
      Personally I found this a thoroughly enjoyable read, even though, at 670 pages, with another 70 or so of acknowledgements etc it might be more of doorstop to some, it provides a great insight into the kind of person Reagan was. A worthy reflection on the life of the man who is likely to go down in history as the most popular President the USA has had. That is, until the next Big Spender comes along.
    • 3/5
      I picked up this book after a random road trip through Eureka IL, where Reagan went to college. It's a bit dry, but it gives a fairly honest depiction of Reagan's life. I found his early history to be much more interesting than the later part which focuses on his foray into politics. I recommend this if there's anything you want to know about "Dutch".