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My Name is Anne, She Said, Anne Frank
A touching and intimate autobiography, this account recalls the author's remarkable childhood friendship with Anne Frank while attending a special school for Jewish children in Amsterdam during the late 1930s. With the story of her initial meeting and bonding with Anne Frank, Jacqueline van Maarsen's memoir recollects her family's near escape from the Netherlands only mont...more
Paperback, 216 pages
Published
September 1st 2008
by Arcadia Books
(first published 2004)
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I thought the book could've (and should've) started right around page 75...ie, when Anneliese first steps into view. The previous sections were confusing at first, and then when I figured them out they just became uninteresting. If the writer had kept true to the title, and expanded that material (as well as what went later on) it would've offered a much more intriguing (as well as germane) read. Btw chess fans take note: "We also had accounting lessons, which were given by former world...more
While Anne Frank figures prominently in both the title and cover of this book she occupies a rather small portion of the story. This book is more about Jacqueline van Maarsen, her family and her experiences during the war, including her brief but close friendship with Anne Frank.
In her diary Anne called Jacqueline her best friend and wrote two letters to her while in hiding that she was never able to send. Jacqueline and Anne met while attending the Jewish High school in Amsterdam. Shy, re...more
In her diary Anne called Jacqueline her best friend and wrote two letters to her while in hiding that she was never able to send. Jacqueline and Anne met while attending the Jewish High school in Amsterdam. Shy, re...more
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This was a great book and new perspective to the Diary of Anne Frank. It gave great insight and another viewpoint during the time period when Hitler was in power.
I would recommend this book. Only part that was kinda boring was the begining and the end when she focused on her family line versus Anne Franks, which didn't have anything to do with Anne and just didn't fit with the focus of this book.
I would recommend this book. Only part that was kinda boring was the begining and the end when she focused on her family line versus Anne Franks, which didn't have anything to do with Anne and just didn't fit with the focus of this book.
I've been fascinated with Anne Frank lately and I saw this memoir from hr best friend o the new shelf at the library. It was a quick lunch read this week. Quick, but very powerful. Some of the perspective was interesting, you got the impression that during the war, as horrible as the events around them were, people got used to them in a way that you get used to anything. not that they accepted them, but they got used to them. The author's life was equally interesting, and she had a diverse and i...more
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Recommended to Christine by:
Our librarian upon my return from Amsterdam
Adult context of ideal lives ruined by horrific times from Anne Frank's low-maintenance girlfriend. Quick read.
Maria
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