In 1941, Estherly Krauss, a seventeen-year-old Jewish girl, documents her struggles during the Holocaust. With Hitler’s reign coming down on Estherly and her family, her days of being a typical teen are over. While fighting for a forbidden love, the atrocities and horrors Estherly endures force her to grow up in an uncertain and dangerous time.Estherly’s voice echoes through time when Ferrin … Ferrin Frazier discovers her diaries. Without realizing the effect these small books will have, a door opens for Ferrin to explore her own life and love. Consumed by Estherly’s story of survival, the secrets she kept, and the desire to know what became of her, Ferrin embarks on an adventure of discovery. Will she find the answers she’s looking for? Or will it end up leading her down a path she never predicted.
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This is a Holocaust story written through the diary of a young teenage young woman, Estherly Krauss. She has suffered more than anyone ever should. But, she has also had many blessings.
We have Ferrin Frazier who lives next door to Sam. She’s always longed for Sam, but is afraid he doesn’t notice her.
Sam has been cleaning up the attic in his house and Ferrin notices in the trash all the boxes. After rifling through a bit of the discarded items, Ferrin realizes these are all from WWII if not older. She knows someone must be missing these items and asks Sam if she can keep them.
Ferrin starts reading the journal – which is hand written in German since she took high school and college level German she can read the entries. Sam and Ferrin begin to connect over the journals and items in the boxes. They begin a nice friendship with each other.
The journals belong to a 17 year old girl, Estherly Krauss, who survived being a Jew in 1940’s in Germany. The entrees are about what happened to her and her family before being captive and while in a camp.
Ferrin and Sam embark on a road of discovery through the journals and pictures. Will Sam and Ferrin be able to connect and build a relationship together? Will Ferrin be able to break out of her shell and stand up for herself? Will Ferrin be able to get her questions answered?
I did receive a free ARC copy of this book from the author. I am freely leaving an honest review.
This is the most must read book of 2020. Marisa Oldham has joined forces with her sister, Carraine Oldham and they are a fierce writing duo. Their writing is seamless you can’t tell where one ends and the other begins. This story has relatable characters and a love story that you’ll never forget. I love the two stories in this book and how the worlda collide across so many years of separation. I can’t recommend this book enough.
I was given an ARC from the authors for my honest review.
It took me a week to try to come up with the right words to write since this book affected me in more ways then one.
REMEMBER THE STARS was a MAGNIFICENT read. If there were more stars to hit I would of gone up to the highest star for a book review.
Remember the Stars has ALL of my emotions on edge. I read this book within 6 hours. I couldn’t put it down. I cried, laughed, was angered, and heartbroken. I have been thinking about this book for over a week and it still gives my heart a major tug.
Reading this book will take you to the Holocaust and back to current day. You will read about the conditions, the pain, and the pain that the main character Estherly and her family go through. I know the book is fiction but the accounts of what happened are true. If you have read anything about the holocaust you will know that most of what you read in this book are true.
I do not like to give out any spoilers but if there is only one book you read this year please make it REMEMBER THE STARS!
Thank you Marisa & Carraine Oldham for a wonderful book that I will read over and over.
Not many books make me cry, but this one did. It was an incredible telling of the Holocaust and one young woman’s fight to survive, and another woman’s quest to locate her years later. Each of the characters is well-developed, unique, and lovable. The story has so many twists, so many ways of stealing your tears. The story guts me every time I read it. I can’t recommend this book enough!
This book hit me in the gut. I’ve sat through class learning about WWII and It made my heartbreak for what these families have gone through. But this book follows a journey of a young girl in 1941 until pretty much the end of her life. The twist with this book is it has a focus on a few characters in the here and now looking for love and happiness. This journey opened their eyes and mine as well. I cannot recommend this book enough. This is a long review I wish I could rate it more, I believe it deserves more.
Ferrin Frazier glides through life. She lets the sadness consume her life. Ferrin lives for her starring at her handsome next-door neighbor Sam.
Sam is getting ready to throw away some things in his attic and Ferrin notices the boxes and asks what he’s throwing out. He said it was just things sitting in the attic since he moved in Ferrin asks to take it off his hands. What Ferrin finds in this box is world tilting and life-changing for everyone involved. It’s a diary, not just any diary a diary from 1941.
Estherly, 16 lives with her family in 1941 there are Nazi soldiers all around It’s her they follow her to school they follow them home, they harass and torture you. Estherly had a rough life but she had her best friend Mae, her sisters and brother, and her secret boyfriend Henry. Estherly suffers from the heartbreaking loss at such as young age and throughout her life. Her family struggles to stay alive and well during these times.
Ferrin and Sam go on a journey reading each of Estherly’s diaries and tries to track down Estherly, as she’s made such a huge impact on their life. What will they find when everything is said and done?
Marisa Oldham
I absolutely loved this story.
It has history. It has present.
And when the two come together, it’s wonderful and amazing. Yes, there’s sadness. There’s heartache.
But love is more powerful.
Holy cow!!! This book is incredible. With everything happening in the world, this story is such an incredible reminder of the beauty that can come from even a tragedy and that we can all do better in this world. The concept of getting insight into the Holocaust from someone’s journal helps bring this period to life. I’ll definitely be recommending this one to friends and family.
I really don’t think I can write a review that really does justice to this masterpiece. The current parts of the book are the sweetest romance, but the Holocaust story told through the diary of a young girl living it are brutally beautiful. This is nothing like Anne Frank but everything our modern society needs to read. As the time since WWII increases, people stop having first hand connections, but we cannot forget or minimize simply because we can’t imagine it happening again. This is a refreshing, touching, powerful connection in such unexpected ways. This books gets my very highest recommendations without any caveats. Everyone needs to read this one. Only a few months into 2020 and it’s got my vote for book of the decade, which are not words I throw around lightly.
‘Remember the Stars’ – What can I say? I am not much of a reader, but I could not put it down. I just had to find out how the main characters did both in the present and the past. How they survived the Holocaust, how their lives were affected by it and who did not survive. It is a must-read book. Marisa and Carraine’s story is filled with emotions and details of the horror that people went thru during the Holocaust. They must have done an enormous about of research. The story takes you to through all the horror of that time but has a up lifted message of survival and overcoming evil. I can not recommend this book strongly enough.