Life Is Rosi: Grandma, Me and Our Diaries at 23: Unabridged edition
A fresh, funny family history following the lives of comedian Jess Robinson and her German Jewish grandmother Rosi
A fresh, funny family history following the lives of comedian Jess Robinson and her German Jewish grandmother Rosi
‘This is a unique juxtaposition of the shatteringly honest diaries of two Jewish girls fighting to survive — Grandma Rosi in the Holocaust and two generations later Jess in today’s grubby showbiz world. It appalled, uplifted and delighted me. I wish I’d written it.’ MIRIAM MARGOLYES
‘Deeply moving… fascinating’ The Mail on Sunday
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‘We felt an urge to document what we had witnessed. If we who had experienced it, I reasoned, did not reveal the bitter truth, people simply would not believe the extent of the Nazis’ evil. I wanted to share our life, the events and our struggle to survive.’
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