I Want You To Know We're Still Here - Esther Safran Foer

 The author of this non fiction book Esther grew up in a home where both parents were sole survivors of the Holocaust and it is not until she is older, that her mother mentions that her father had a wife and child before they were married.  So she travels to Europe with a photograph and map, hoping to find out what happened to her parents family.

I could not help but feel sad for the author and her family reading this book, that if only the search had happened 20-30 years earlier when more survivors were around who would have known her families.  Now the family connections have been lost over the years it is more difficult for her to trace names and places when homes and villages were destroyed and lost.  Still it is a compelling journey and I hope one that has given her some peace. 4/5