Greg Dawson

The author relates the remarkable story of his pianist mother, a child prodigy who escaped certain death when the Nazis invaded Ukraine, adopted a new identity, and came under the protection of a Nazi commander who heard her play.

Hiding in the Spotlight

Melody Izard

It hurts me to give this two stars. It's a very interesting story - one that certainly needed telling. But it is full of editing errors and the authors habit of using esoteric words when a plain straight forward regular word would do just made me narrow one eye ever so slightly. Of course the story was touching - two talented Russian Jewish sisters who escaped death during WWII because of their father's determination - survive because they are both brave and lucky to a certain extent. The son (the author of the book) claims he never knew their story until - well, I can't really tell at what point he learned the story. He also ends with an acknowledgment that the book almost didn't get written because he doubted his writing ability so much. And it pains me to agree with him. I am glad I read it though.