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My Own Voice (Still Life with Memories) Hardcover – February 10, 2021

by Uvi Poznansky (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
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Falling in love with Lenny should have been the end to all of Anita's troubles.

For her, it's only the beginning, when family secrets start unravelling. His ex-wife, Natasha, is succumbing to a mysterious disease. How can Anita compete with her shadow? How can she find a voice of her own?

And when his estranged son, Ben, comes back and lives in the same small apartment, can she keep the balance between the two men, whose desire for her is marred by guilt and blame?

★★★★★ "A creative, gripping and deeply moving tale of a young girl coming of age in unfathomable emotional circumstances."

Dealing with the challenging prospects of the marriage of opposites, this book can be read as a standalone novel as well as part of one of family sagas best sellers. Still Life with Memories is a family saga series tinged with family saga romance, fraught with marital issues, and riddled with the difficulty of connecting fathers and sons.

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    Still Life with Memories
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    164 pages
  3. Language
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  4. Publication date
    February 10, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.56 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-13
    979-8707110955
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Story Falling in love with Lenny should have been the end to all of Anita's troubles. For her, it's only the beginning, when family secrets start unravelling. His ex-wife, Natasha, is succumbing to a mysterious disease. Can Anita compete with her shadow? Coming back to his childhood home, Ben is unprepared for the secret: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to mysterious disease. His father’s new wife, Anita, reminds him of the way she used to look. Lenny goes as far back as the moment he met Natasha during WWII, when he was a wounded warrior and she—a star, brilliant yet illusive. Natasha was a riddle to him then, and to this day, with all the changes she has gone through, she still is. Fooling German espionage may cost Lenny the trust of the girl who captured his heart. Will Natasha discover his secret D-Day reports, disguised as love letters to another woman? After D-Day, her photograph appears on the most-wanted German propaganda posters. Who is the girl with the red beret? Why does she step into his life when he is led by SS soldiers to the gallows? What makes her propose marriage to a condemned man?

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  • "So much more could be said... but that would be robbing the reader of the joy of discoveries that Poznanasky accomplishes in this profound novel." - Grady Harp, HALL OF FAME reviewer
  • "She is an author I follow for one simple reason, her writing is refreshing and her style is unique in providing a reading experience that is both satisfying and entertaining." - Dennis Waller, TOP 500 reviewer
  • "After having read and reviewed several fictional novels by Author Uvi Poznansky, I continue to be a huge fan of her writing style. She has the mesmerizing and enchanting effect of drawing her readers into the heart and soul of her characters." - Dolores Ayotte, Author
  • "Uvi Poznansky's, "My Own Voice," is a creative, gripping and deeply moving tale of a young girl coming of age in unfathomable emotional circumstances." - Bill Cronin, Author
  • This is not a fluff piece, but a real life - not literally but it could be - drama filled, honest read that shows relationships when they're gritty."- Elaine C. Pereira, Author
  • "I found My Own Voice to be very original--think of it as women's fiction, family drama--and I will definitely pick up another one of Uvi's novels."- Pamela Fagan Hutchins, Author
  • "Written in a clever and unique style which drew me in from the start. I recommend this book for those who like compelling characters you want to cheer on." - Susan Wilson, Author
  • "This story, like most great dramas, isn't always easy read, but you'll find yourself unable to leave it alone and these characters will stay with you long after you've finished it."- Aurora Dawn, VINE VOICE

From the Author

The series Still Life with Memories includes the following volumes:
  • I: My Own Voice
  • II: The White Piano
  • III: The Music of Us
  • IV: Dancing with Air
  • V: Marriage before Death
To read excerpts from this series check out this free book:
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08W7SNNF2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8707110955
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.56 x 9 inches
  • Book 1 of 5 ‏ : ‎ Still Life with Memories
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 out of 5 stars 88 ratings

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Uvi Poznansky

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Uvi Poznansky is a USA TODAY bestselling, award-winning author, poet and artist. “I paint with my pen,” she says, “and write with my paintbrush.” Her romantic suspense box set, Love Under Fire, made the USA TODAY bestselling list, as did her medical thriller box set, Do No Harm; and her romance box set, A Touch of Passion, was the 2016 WINNER of The Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Awards.

Education and work:

Uvi earned her B. A. in Architecture and Town Planning from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and practiced with an innovative Architectural firm, taking a major part in the large-scale project, called Home for the Soldier.

Having moved to Troy, N.Y. with her husband and two children, Uvi received a Fellowship grant and a Teaching Assistantship from the Architecture department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. There, she guided teams in a variety of design projects and earned her M.A. in Architecture. Then, taking a sharp turn in her education, she earned her M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

She worked first as an architect, and later as a software engineer, software team leader, software manager and a software consultant (with an emphasis on user interface for medical instruments devices.) All the while, she wrote and painted constantly, and exhibited in Israel and California. In addition, she taught art appreciation classes. Her versatile body of work includes bronze and ceramic sculptures, oil and watercolor paintings, charcoal, pen and pencil drawings, and mixed media.

Books and Genres:

Ash Suspense Thrillers with a Dash of Romance is a suspense series. It includes Coma Confidential, Virtually Lace, and Overdose.

Still Life with Memories is a family saga series with touches of romance. The series includes My Own Voice, The White Piano, The Music of Us, Dancing with Air, and Marriage before Death.

Still Life with Memories Bundle series includes volume I, Apart from Love (My Own Voice+The White Piano); and volume II: Apart from War (The Music of Us+Dancing with Air+Marriage before Death.)

The David Chronicles is a historical fiction series with a modern twist. It includes three novels--Rise to Power, A Peek at Bathsheba, and The Edge of Revolt--and six art through the ages collections, describing each moment of the story.

Her poetry book, Home, is in tribute to her father. Her collection of dark tales, Twisted, and her Historical Fiction book, A Favorite Son, are both new age, biblically inspired books. In addition, Uvi wrote and illustrated two children books, Jess and Wiggle and Now I Am Paper. For each one of these books, she created an animation video (find them on YouTube and on her Goodreads page.)

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Customers find this book deeply compelling and enjoy its clever writing style, with one review highlighting its masterful use of dialect. The narrative explores complex human emotions and relationships, while the characters are brilliantly developed. Customers appreciate the book's unique style and interesting internal voice.

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Customers find the pacing of the book deeply compelling and interesting, with one customer noting it captured their heart on the first page.

"...The writing style is refreshing and uniquely immersive, effortlessly shifting between different perspectives, each with a distinct and authentic..." Read more

"...She has the mesmerizing and enchanting effect of drawing her readers into the heart and soul of her characters...." Read more

"...an insight into one individual only, but is an interesting experience of that person's life and understanding of her surroundings." Read more

"...five glorious stars are awarded for tight literary prose, a highly imaginative storyline, and unique characterization. Bravo, Ms. Poznanski!" Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, describing it as clever, with one customer highlighting its tight literary prose and another noting its masterful use of dialect.

"...The writing style is refreshing and uniquely immersive, effortlessly shifting between different perspectives, each with a distinct and authentic..." Read more

"...My review for this author's story and beautiful writing is inadequate, but I urge you to read the sample chapter...." Read more

"...the situation as he remembers and experiences it in eloquent finely honed grammar while Anita speaks to us with the slang that at first can be..." Read more

"Simple writing with repetitive phrases throughout. The language seems childlike or similar to one without skill. Maybe poetic, but boring nonetheless." Read more

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Customers appreciate the narrative style of the book, with one review highlighting its complex human emotions and intrigue, while another notes how it shows relationships in gritty detail.

"...Uvi Poznansky’s storytelling is both poetic and raw, capturing the fragility and resilience of human emotions with breathtaking precision...." Read more

"...It weaves themes of disparate parents - an accomplished pianist Natasha married to the elderly Lenny who cares for Natasha as she descends into the..." Read more

"...The lives of Anita, Lenny, and Ben create a very intriguing portrayal of a bizarre love triangle...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the well-developed characters in the book, with one review noting how poignantly their emotions are conveyed, and another highlighting the intriguing portrayal of a bizarre love triangle.

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"...My Own Voice is an intimate portrayal of several characters who are faced with unusual emotions as they attempt to resolve issues...." Read more

"...The synopsis of MY OWN VOICE (the cover of which is an excellent example of her compelling art)..." Read more

"...In Book 1, we now get to focus on Anita's colorful character with the stories of Lenny and Ben in separate editions...." Read more

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"...I found My Own Voice to be very original—think of it as women's fiction, family drama—and I will definitely pick up another one of Uvi's novels." Read more

"...Written in a clever and unique style which drew me in from the start...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the interesting internal voice of the book, with one review highlighting its exquisite interior monologue.

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  • Gabby
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Captivating and Profound Story of Love, Identity, and Complexity
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2025
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    Uvi Poznansky’s My Own Voice is an absolute masterpiece—a compelling and deeply relatable exploration of love, identity, and human connection. I was drawn into Anita’s world, feeling every ounce of her struggle, passion, and longing as she navigates the complexities of her relationship with Lenny and his estranged son, Ben.
    What makes this novel truly stand out is its brilliantly developed characters. Anita, with her raw and unfiltered voice, feels incredibly real—flawed yet deeply compelling. Lenny’s internal conflict and Ben’s emotional turmoil add rich layers to this intricate story. Poznansky masterfully peels back their emotions, making the reader feel like an intimate observer of their lives.
    The writing style is refreshing and uniquely immersive, effortlessly shifting between different perspectives, each with a distinct and authentic voice. The contrast between Anita’s unpolished, slang-filled speech and Ben’s eloquence adds a dynamic depth to the storytelling, making it all the more impactful.
    For those experiencing the audiobook version, the narration perfectly matches the tone and emotions of the story. The voice acting brings Anita’s personality to life, making her struggles and desires even more tangible. The audiobook is not just a listening experience—it’s an emotional journey.
    Overall, My Own Voice is a beautifully written, thought-provoking novel that lingers in your mind long after the last page. Uvi Poznansky’s storytelling is both poetic and raw, capturing the fragility and resilience of human emotions with breathtaking precision. A highly recommended read!
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  • Chloe
    4.0 out of 5 stars A succinct yet brilliantly written story that will leave you pondering much about life and love!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2016
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    I am so happy My Own Voice is the first in a host of novels by Uvi Pozanansky, and I eagerly await reading The White Piano. The characters in this story stayed with me long after I finished novel one. It is difficult to express how I was mesmerized by Poznansky's lyrical words and gobbled up this short read while savoring it at the same time.

    Lead character Anita is a teen whose childhood offered limited career opportunities, and the under-educated youngster falls for a married man, whom she later marries. Soon after Anita becomes pregnant, she realizes Lenny cannot forget his wife whose suffering with Alzheimer's disease leaves an indelible mark on him. Anita feels secondary to Lenny's first love, Natasha, as he tries to somehow morph his current wife into his previous one. Transforming Anita into Natasha becomes a complex undertaking, as Anita is strong enough she has her own thoughts.
    My Own Voice is an intimate portrayal of several characters who are faced with unusual emotions as they attempt to resolve issues. My review for this author's story and beautiful writing is inadequate, but I urge you to read the sample chapter. I believe you will be enchanted enough to buy this five star book about true love, desire, and guilt.
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  • Paul
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016
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    Good stuff
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  • Grady Harp
    5.0 out of 5 stars `Say anything apart from love'
    Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2015
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    Uvi Poznansky wears a coat of many colors. Originally from Israel where she studied Architecture and Town Planning then moving to the US where she studied Computer Science and became an expert in Software Engineering, Poznansky managed to combine the design elements of two studies into unique formats. And she has accomplished the same with the other side of her brain - making visual her ideas (she is an accomplished painter, drawer, and sculptor who has enjoyed exhibitions both in Israel and in California, her present base) and making words in poetry and in short stories and children's books. MY OWN VOICE was her first part of her novel APART FROM LOVE: Still Life with Memories and THE WHITE PIANO is the second part. Having read them together allows sharing the scope of what came before this book – and sharing that is important.

    The synopsis of MY OWN VOICE (the cover of which is an excellent example of her compelling art) attempts to separate the two aspects of her this first installment: ‘Ten years ago, when she was seventeen, Anita started an affair with Lenny, in spite of knowing that he was a married man. Now married to him and carrying his child, she finds herself condemned to compete with Natasha’s shadow, the memory of her brilliance back in her prime, before she succumbed to early-onset Alzheimer’s. Despite Anita’s lack of education, her rough slang, and what happened to her in the past, Lenny tries to transform her. He wants her to become Natasha. Faced with his compelling wish, and the way he writes her as a character in his book, how can Anita find a voice of her own? And when his estranged son, Ben, comes back and lives in the same small apartment, can she keep the balance between the two men, whose desire for her is marred by guilt and blame?’

    But for those who wish to see how parts one and two are joined, the following is offered: ‘The story of this elegantly designed novel is a dissection of a family life and the alterations that occur with the family framework both by intent and by happenstance. It weaves themes of disparate parents - an accomplished pianist Natasha married to the elderly Lenny who cares for Natasha as she descends into the darkness of Alzheimer's Disease and compensates by taking on a very young and uneducated, somewhat socially coarse redhead vixen named Anita - and the manner in which the couple's 27-year-old bright son Ben copes with the situation.'

    Poznansky's unique way of unraveling this complex story is by making the `chapters' vary as told by Ben, as told by Anita, and as told by Lenny. She understands fully how to bring Ben's confusion about both his past life with his parents and the current situation with his mother's decline and his father's reactive compensation by bonding with a beautiful young, if raw, companion. Few authors would be able to pull off the manner in which the apparent polar opposites of Ben and Anita begin to bond and how Lenny integrates into their apparent clandestine relationship, but Poznansky has the visual and verbal and architectural skills to create this maze and guide us through it.

    She capitalizes on the use of the chapters being related in the voices of the characters: Ben relates the situation as he remembers and experiences it in eloquent finely honed grammar while Anita speaks to us with the slang that at first can be grating but morphs into communication that allows the reader to experience the change that develops in her relationship to Ben. In other's hands this could become cloying as a technique, but with Poznansky's skill she uses it as an interface between evolving personalities that makes her story ring true.

    So much more could be said about the manner in which the author brings understanding to the hierarchies of relationships - parental, couple, aging, developing, and ones influenced by disease, but that would be robbing the reader of the joy of discoveries that Poznanasky accomplishes in this profound novel. The title is so well chosen: the phrase of the title is the key that unlocks much of the fragile mystery that hovers here. Please read the entire novel to appreciate the beauty of Uvi’s gift. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, September 15
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  • S. Beans
    1.0 out of 5 stars No words
    Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2017
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    Simple writing with repetitive phrases throughout. The language seems childlike or similar to one without skill. Maybe poetic, but boring nonetheless.
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  • Deedra
    2.0 out of 5 stars My own voice
    Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
    I wanted to like this,but I didn't. It was so drawn out and confusing.Narration by Heather Jane Hogan was almost unbearable for me. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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  • Wilma Lettings
    5.0 out of 5 stars Accomplished portrayal of a fascinating family situation
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2015
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    17 year old Anita meets an older man, Lenny. In her simple way she decribes to the reader her love for the married man and slowly we learn about her past and the odd dynamic between the couple. The situation gets more complicated by the illness of Lenny's ex-wife and the arrival of his son Ben. The characters are drawn perfectly.
    There is also a great supportive cast in form of aunt Hadassa and her sisters .
    Poznansky's writing style is sharp and poignant as she uncovers the deeper layers of her characters with a superb literary quality. Casually analytical and close to the bone of truth, this is an excellent and accomplished portrayal of a fascinating and captivating family situation.
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