Also Here

". . . powerful . . . . The resulting narrative nimbly balances Golda’s unvarnished testimony and Randel’s self-reflection, with the harrowing realities of the Holocaust allowed to linger beside Randel’s considerations of the value and difficulties of intergenerational dialogue. By turns horrific and surprisingly sweet, this will linger in readers’ minds."

— Publishers Weekly

“This concise, touching memoir bears witness to a whole remarkable life as well as the bond between grandmother and granddaughter that emerged as one generation's history was entrusted to another.”

— Shelf Awareness

“An artfully composed and poignant intergenerational memoir, Also Here explores the remarkable tenacity of Brooke Randel's grandmother, Golda Indig—who not only survived Auschwitz but also endured the Holocaust's lasting and complicated aftermath. This inspiring book will help readers understand the reasons that such stories need to be told and retold, both for the sake of the teller and the listeners alike.”

— Elizabeth Rosner, author of Survivor Cafe and Third Ear

“Brooke honors her grandmother’s request to tell her story of survival in a beautiful and loving way, all while sharing with readers the very important background story of her own journey. Also Here bears witness to the Holocaust and the third generation's efforts to understand it in remarkably important ways.”

— Elizabeth Rynecki, author and documentary filmmaker of Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy

“In Also Here, Brooke Randel has done what many of us children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors seek to do: capture fading memories, reconstruct precious histories and document essential truths before they vanish forever. Randel has done so wisely, sensitively, poetically and honestly—a welcome achievement.”

— Howard Reich, Emmy-winning author of The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel and Prisoner of Her Past: A Son’s Memoir

“An emotionally resonant and compelling debut.”

— NewPages.com

“Brooke Randel has composed a poignant and compelling memoir that lovingly builds witnesses to the traumatic Holocaust childhood experience of her grandmother, Golda Indig. By revealing the challenges of memory, illiteracy, and the fragile connection through generations, Also Here parallels the very struggles of so many who endured this complicated and abhorrent piece of our history.

— Linda Kass, author of Tasa’s Song and A Ritchie Boy, and founding owner of Gramercy Books, an independent bookseller in Columbus, Ohio