For readers of House of Glass: the heartwrenching true story of a young Jewish woman coming of age in wartime France
'Chillingly relevant' DAILY MAIL 'Evocative, assiduously researched ... one girl's wartime escape [and] a brutal reckoning with Vichy France's wilful complicity in wartime atrocities' SUNDAY TIMES 'A deeply researched and evocative true story' ANNE SEBBA Ninette Dreyfus was a cosseted scion of one of France's most prominent Jewish families - a cousin to Albert Einstein and family friend to Colette. But when the Second World War broke out and the Germans occupied Paris, the fall was dramatic. Realising that her fate would be transformed, the teenager soon found herself fleeing the capital for the South, only to then fall prey to the Vichy regime. In fear for her life at the hands of the Nazis and their French collaborators, she became somebody else. Woven together from Ninette's own diaries and interviews with author John Jay before she died, NINETTE'S WAR traces the frailty of national and personal unity through the eyes of a young woman, in compelling and unforgettable detail.
"Chronicling the harrowing story of her family's wartime experience and their dizzying fall from extreme wealth and privilege to homelessness, fear and hunger, Jay skilfully weaves extracts from Ninette's diary into a wider account of what happened to French Jews. In between typical teenage musings on clothes, spots and crushes on boys, Ninette's War is not an easy read, but at a time of rising anti-Semitism across the world, it is chillingly relevant" - Daily Mail
"An evocative, assiduously researched account of survival, [and] brutal reckoning with Vichy France's antisemitism and wilful complicity in wartime atrocities. Ninette Dreyfus was from a prominent Jewish family, who had lived in France for generations. Drawn from the diary she kept as well as interviews she gave Jay, family papers and secondary sources among extraordinary cases of escape and bravery... this is her story of fleeing wartime France, embedded in a rich historical background" - Sunday Times
"Jay has done an expert job, not just of telling the story of the Dreyfus family, but also the shocking progression of France, from the first European country to emancipate Jews, to a place where French people denounced, betrayed and helped to murder them ... some believed that [their secular-mindedness] would save them, even after the Nazis occupied France. Ninette's War is as much a dissection of the tragic failure of that belief, as it is a family's story of precarious survival" - Irish Times
"This book is a well-written and moving act of filial homage, where Jay discusses a father always beyond his reach ... leaving behind little more than a few pages of an abandoned memoir and book of poems, Facing Fearful Odds explores the mystery and tries to make sense of his father's tragic post-war life" - Times Literary Supplement
"A pacey and well-researched from an impressive array of sources, Facing Fearful Odds is a moving testament to filial love. Jay has the journalists gift for moving a narrative along in a pacey fashion, and takes us to the heart of darkness where so many men like his father had to dwell, giving him a voice through this work of love" - Jewish Chronicle
"A fascinating account of life in a prisoner-of-war camp ... Facing Fearful Odds is remarkable reconstruction of one man's war and moving tale of endurance and courage" - Daily Express
"A vivid and engaging description of [Alec Jay's] war experience" - Hampstead & Highgate Express
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'Chillingly relevant' DAILY MAIL 'Evocative, assiduously researched ... one girl's wartime escape [and] a brutal reckoning with Vichy France's wilful complicity in wartime atrocities' SUNDAY TIMES 'A deeply researched and evocative true story' ANNE SEBBA Ninette Dreyfus was a cosseted scion of one of France's most prominent Jewish families - a cousin to Albert Einstein and family friend to Colette. But when the Second World War broke out and the Germans occupied Paris, the fall was dramatic. Realising that her fate would be transformed, the teenager soon found herself fleeing the capital for the South, only to then fall prey to the Vichy regime. In fear for her life at the hands of the Nazis and their French collaborators, she became somebody else. Woven together from Ninette's own diaries and interviews with author John Jay before she died, NINETTE'S WAR traces the frailty of national and personal unity through the eyes of a young woman, in compelling and unforgettable detail.
"Chronicling the harrowing story of her family's wartime experience and their dizzying fall from extreme wealth and privilege to homelessness, fear and hunger, Jay skilfully weaves extracts from Ninette's diary into a wider account of what happened to French Jews. In between typical teenage musings on clothes, spots and crushes on boys, Ninette's War is not an easy read, but at a time of rising anti-Semitism across the world, it is chillingly relevant" - Daily Mail
"An evocative, assiduously researched account of survival, [and] brutal reckoning with Vichy France's antisemitism and wilful complicity in wartime atrocities. Ninette Dreyfus was from a prominent Jewish family, who had lived in France for generations. Drawn from the diary she kept as well as interviews she gave Jay, family papers and secondary sources among extraordinary cases of escape and bravery... this is her story of fleeing wartime France, embedded in a rich historical background" - Sunday Times
"Jay has done an expert job, not just of telling the story of the Dreyfus family, but also the shocking progression of France, from the first European country to emancipate Jews, to a place where French people denounced, betrayed and helped to murder them ... some believed that [their secular-mindedness] would save them, even after the Nazis occupied France. Ninette's War is as much a dissection of the tragic failure of that belief, as it is a family's story of precarious survival" - Irish Times
"This book is a well-written and moving act of filial homage, where Jay discusses a father always beyond his reach ... leaving behind little more than a few pages of an abandoned memoir and book of poems, Facing Fearful Odds explores the mystery and tries to make sense of his father's tragic post-war life" - Times Literary Supplement
"A pacey and well-researched from an impressive array of sources, Facing Fearful Odds is a moving testament to filial love. Jay has the journalists gift for moving a narrative along in a pacey fashion, and takes us to the heart of darkness where so many men like his father had to dwell, giving him a voice through this work of love" - Jewish Chronicle
"A fascinating account of life in a prisoner-of-war camp ... Facing Fearful Odds is remarkable reconstruction of one man's war and moving tale of endurance and courage" - Daily Express
"A vivid and engaging description of [Alec Jay's] war experience" - Hampstead & Highgate Express
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