cover image My Lucky Star

My Lucky Star

Zdenka Fantlova. Herodias, $24 (203pp) ISBN 978-1-928746-20-1

One of Zdenka Fantlov 's earliest memories is of her mother dying. Later, as a young woman living in a Jewish ghetto outside Prague, she developed a love and talent for acting. But that happiness was short-lived, as she, her family and her young fianc were sent off to the death camps. My Lucky Star is the impossibly heroic title Fantlov has given her sweet, unforgettable memoir. Many books have been written by Holocaust survivors, and yet each deserves to be read for its unique story and for its shared message about the unrelentingly strong human spirit, of which Fantlov 's lyric prose so clearly speaks. 4-city author tour. ( Apr. 15)