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Strings Kindle Edition

by Sheryle Criswell Sturdevant (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
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15-year-old Hanna Berkenski journeys in a cattle car with her mother and sister to the orchestra where she was a violinist. Arriving at Auschwitz, she's been told she'll be spending the next few weeks in a "work camp" until her family can be reunited and relocated. Even the snowflakes bring her joy...until she realizes they're ash. Three years in hell are about to begin...
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  1. Print length
    120 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    August 9, 2010
  4. File size
    4.9 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003Z0D3II
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Writers Exchange E-Publishing (August 9, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 9, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.9 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 120 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 34 ratings

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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2015
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    This was written by someone who did good research. It was an easy read with a realistic tone through the book
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  • HC888
    5.0 out of 5 stars gives a different prspective w/o all the horrible, sad details that so many halocaust stories give
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2014
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    excellant book, gives a different prspective w/o all the horrible, sad details that so many halocaust stories give.........
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  • Tarie T. Fuller
    4.0 out of 5 stars It was a good book. I would have like a better ending ...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2014
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    It was a good book. I would have like a better ending to see what the rest of her life would be like.
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  • Mala Bhargava
    3.0 out of 5 stars Short tear-jerking fictional story set in Auschwitz
    Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2012
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    Like a few others here, I too failed to notice that this was a not-true story. I suppose that's just because I'm such an avid reader of Holocaust literature and I just chose to see a sample, found it very well written and apart from a few editing errors, good English. I snapped it up. A few pages into the book and I began to wonder if these were really the words of someone who'd been through this experience. I looked -- and they weren't.
    But then, I'm fascinated with the controversy this raises. I see that a reviewer is shocked that this is a fictional story. And another person believes it to be a slap in the face of those who actually did go through the experience. But let's see now... hundreds of books and movies fall into the same category! The amazing book Winds of War and its televised series, for one. "Holocaust" is another. And there are just tons and tons more. The Pianist. It's based on a true experience but also fictionalized somewhat. So why not? And what harm is there? I don't think the author is trying to make some huge bounty of treasure out of it. It's just another in a series of books she's written and perhaps she feels strongly about this subject. As I do -- except I haven't managed to write anything on it though I'd like to. And if it's a story that makes the reader feel; again, why not? It's only adding to the number that have the same objective: not allowing the world to forget. Still, it's an interesting argument.
    The story is really a "regular" experience at Auschwitz in that there's the same sequence of events. Perhaps that makes the fact that it isn't a true story seem all the more strange. Perhaps the author should have taken up some special angle, some idea to explore in greater depth. For instance, a great book called Melting Point takes up the Auschwitz story only through the building and running of the crematoriums. That is a special and spine chilling look at the story. Unforgettable.
    Not only is the story short -- and perhaps a little superficial -- but it glosses over things in a way that doesn't seem realistic. There's a reason why I figured out it wasn't a real story because I began to sense it.
    All the same, I wouldn't write it off altogether. I just wish I'd noticed it was fiction to begin with.
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  • Birdie Robinson
    1.0 out of 5 stars Strings
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2013
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    I have over 500 Holocaust books and only a six or seven are novels. When I bought this book I had
    not read the reviews and did not know it was a novel. The book was gripping from the start and just as I was getting into it, the story ended. I felt betrayed. I found out that the book was a novel From now on I will read the reviews before I buy a book.
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  • Excalababe
    2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2014
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    This promised to be such a good read. But grammar, forced speech between characters and ideas that jump all over the place made this a book hard to read. To me it felt like a first draft. At the end it lists all of these rewards for plays that Sheryle has written. And yes it is something to be proud of. All that I can take from the "about the author" part is that she won awards for plays... oh and she has a piece of art hanging in a university. Taking fro that I get the feeling that this story was more or less written for the use off being able to say " I have done this, this and this. Oh and I have written a book as well." I feel no real pride for the story itself. And it reflex in the writing. Which is a shame. This could have been a fantastic written book. But there was very little heart behind it. Very bland.
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  • S.B. Levitt
    5.0 out of 5 stars This review is from: Strings
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2011
    5.0 out of 5 stars A truly beautiful book, 19 Feb 2011
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    J. Cooper (Sheffield, England) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: Strings (Kindle Edition)
    I originally purchased this book as I was under the impression that it was one of the various Holocaust survivor testimonies currently available for the Kindle. However, this book is not a factual testimony but a novel written in the style of a survivor testimony.

    Now immediately you can think one of two things:

    1) I didn't want a novel, should I continue?
    2) How will a novelist treat such a sensitive subject area?

    After finishing the book, I would definitely recommend it to others who usually read Holocaust survivor testimonies. The author fully respects the historicity of the period and does not overdramatize nor sensationalise. Indeed at certain moments, I felt as if I was reading a factual testimony and not a novel.

    The story is narrated by a woman looking back in time on her experiences in Poland, beginning just before the invasion of her country when she was still a child. Her family is swiftly relocated to a ghetto before being transported to Auschwitz. It is a tale of ultimate degradation, brutality, loss, hunger, but most importantly, of survival. The book ends with a poignant climactic scene which was a truly beautiful conclusion to this excellent read.

    The book is very short and can be read in a single sitting but it is packed with descriptive prose and rife with emotion. This is an excellent novel, and one which will help to raise awareness of these terrible crimes. Whilst a novel can never seek to replace a survivor testimony in terms of the raw emotive power of the narration, books like these can only help to prevent the Holocaust from fading into the mists of obscure and forgotten history.
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  • J. Cooper
    5.0 out of 5 stars A truly beautiful book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2011
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    I originally purchased this book as I was under the impression that it was one of the various Holocaust survivor testimonies currently available for the Kindle. However, this book is not a factual testimony but a novel written in the style of a survivor testimony.

    Now immediately you can think one of two things:

    1) I didn't want a novel, should I continue?
    2) How will a novelist treat such a sensitive subject area?

    After finishing the book, I would definitely recommend it to others who usually read Holocaust survivor testimonies. The author fully respects the historicity of the period and does not overdramatize nor sensationalise. Indeed at certain moments, I felt as if I was reading a factual testimony and not a novel.

    The story is narrated by a woman looking back in time on her experiences in Poland, beginning just before the invasion of her country when she was still a child. Her family is swiftly relocated to a ghetto before being transported to Auschwitz. It is a tale of ultimate degradation, brutality, loss, hunger, but most importantly, of survival. The book ends with a poignant climactic scene which was a truly beautiful conclusion to this excellent read.

    The book is very short and can be read in a single sitting but it is packed with descriptive prose and rife with emotion. This is an excellent novel, and one which will help to raise awareness of these terrible crimes. Whilst a novel can never seek to replace a survivor testimony in terms of the raw emotive power of the narration, books like these can only help to prevent the Holocaust from fading into the mists of obscure and forgotten history.
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  • pickles
    5.0 out of 5 stars amazing story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2013
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    Amazing story of one girls struggle to deal with the worse she has ever been though. Heart-warming and make you wanna cry at time. Brilliant to read and highly recommended
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  • Sarah Doughty
    3.0 out of 5 stars A moving story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2013
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    It's an easy read and due to the nature of the book, a little upsetting in parts. I think the story was strong at the beginning and made you want to just keep reading but the memory sections where the character tells the reader little snippets about some of the horrors that were happening behind the scenes were not very descriptive and it was difficult to really know and understand the characters mindset. It seems a shame that the author focused so much on one character but held so much back about what was happening to her.
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  • Jeanette **
    5.0 out of 5 stars Moving
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2013
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    I read lots of books about the holocaust. Not the cheeriest subject to get gripped on I know.
    I really liked this book, the way it was written and they way the story evolves is amazing.
    If you have not read any thing about the holocaust before this book is a good place to star.
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  • Maria
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2016
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    A very sad touching story. I read it twice. Recommended it to everyone I know. It will make you cry.
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