The Diary of A Young Girl : the Definitive Edition
Frank, Anne, 1929-1945.
Downloadable Audiobook - 2010
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic--a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl
"A truly remarkable book." -- The New York Times
"One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil." -- Chicago Tribune
"The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating." -- The New York Times Book Review
"How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence." -- Newsday
Publisher: [New York] : Listening Library, 2010.
Additional Contributors: Blair, Selma 1972-
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Alternative Title: Diary of a young girl
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Age Suitability (2)
carmatout Feb 05, 2019
This was a very hard book to read, emotionally, because the entire time you know how it's going to end.
BigBooks000 May 12, 2016
I had known about this book for a very long time, but never found the time to read it... until now. Anne called her diary, "Kitty." Selma Blair narrated this story and did an excellent job. Anne M. Frank wrote in her diary, Kitty as if Kitty were a friend. Listening to this story, in some ways... it felt as if I was the friend Kitty, listening to her tell her troubles to. How sad... this young girl's hopes and dreams, were lost. In spite of the ugly war going on around her, she found the ability to be happy inside. The last entry on August 1st, I was smiling as I listened to Anne speak of her happiness. Suddenly it said, "That was Anne's last entry." Wow, how could she have known that days later, they'd be discovered. I recommend this book to everyone.
sspaniolo Dec 17, 2015
I have never read Anne's diary before, but I feel like listening to it made it a more powerful book. I felt like Anne was writing to me, in a way. It was also refreshing to understand Anne Frank a teenager rather than just a pure child.
BigBooks000 thinks this title is suitable for 12 years and over
violet_dog_4898 Dec 04, 2014
violet_dog_4898 thinks this title is suitable for between the ages of 11 and 12
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