Book Title

Jack and Rochelle

Subtitle

A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance

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Jack and Rochelle Sutin; Edited by Lawrence Sutin

“A powerful and illuminating personal account.... Faithful inclusiveness, combined with a depth of feeling never minimized and never paraded, makes this strong, honest, affecting book a valuable addition to Holocaust literature.”—The New York Times Book Review

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There are two voices intertwined in the narrative: those of Jack and Rochelle. Now and then they interrupt each other. This is the way they have told these stories for the past fifty years: side by side, listening intently each to the other, at the ready to speak up lest a single detail be lost. These stories are their lives—the testament of their survival and their love for each other.—from the Preface by Lawrence Sutin In this gripping memoir, Jack and Rochelle Sutin recount their experiences as Jewish resistance fighters during World War II, a story that ranges from extreme horror to poignant triumph. Told through their son Lawrence, the book brings alive the reality of months spent hidden in a dank underground bunker infested with lice and disease. Jack and Rochelle is more than just an account of stark survival, however. It is also the tale of an almost impossible love affair that has lasted over fifty years, and an eloquent reminder that history is made up of the often deeply moving details of individual lives.

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ISBN

ISBN

978-1-55597-503-6

Format

Format

Paperback

Publication Date

Publication Date

6/24/08

Subject

Subject

Biography & Autobiography

Pages

Pages

224

Trim Size

Trim Size

5 3/8 x 8 3/8

Keynote

"A story of heroism and of touching romance in a time of fear and danger."—USA Today

About the Author

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Lawrence Sutin was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 12, 1951. His parents, Jack and Rochelle Sutin, were Holocaust survivors who fought as Jewish partisans in Poland during World War Two. He graduated from St. Louis Park High School in Minnesota and then earned an undergraduate degree in psychology and English from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Harvard University. Since 1984 he has been a full-time writer and teacher, publishing books in multiple genres including biography, memoir, history and the novel. He is also currently working in the field of text-and-collage erasure books. He currently is a professor in the Creative Writing and Liberal Studies Programs of Hamline University and teaches in the low-residency program of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He has been married to Mab Nulty, a psychologist, since 1990. He has three children, Ceallaigh Anderson (stepdaughter), Brennan Vance (stepson), and Sarah Sutin (daughter). He also has a part-beagle part-German shepherd dog, Murphy.

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Praise

“A story of heroism and of touching romance in a time of fear and danger.... It offers a unique perspective on the Holocaust, one that captures its horror without missing the central characters’ strength, courage and passion.”—USA Today
“Avoiding the sentimentality and romanticized experiences of so many other Holocaust books, Jack and Rochelle tells a beautiful and compelling personal story.”—Michael Lerner, Tikkun