How did a single-mother Holocaust survivor thrive on her own in America? Through the power of her wits, her imagination, and above all, her hands. Told by her only daughter, award-winning author, clinical social worker, and her mother’s model, Hanna Perlstein Marcus, Sidonia’s Thread and Surviving Remnant, the first two books in the trilogy, portray an intimate and richly rewarding authentic tale of the struggle for life among new refugees in America. Marcus’ books about the singular mother and daughter bond that emerges from the ashes of the Holocaust will enchant, inform, and leave you wanting more.
Surviving Remnant – Memories of the Jewish Greenhorns in 1950s America
Sidonia’s Thread -The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America
Sidonia’s Seam Binding – A Holocaust Dressmaker’s Daughter Discovers Her Style
Author’s Blog
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2018
Today, January 27, 2018 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Seventy-three years ago today, my mother, Sidonia, was interned at the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp, with her sister, Laura. Laura died a couple months later, leaving my mother the only survivor...