“A story of safe but costly passage from one identity to another that takes us from Europe to America via World War II . . . [Fremont] has the intelligence and imagination to question her own motives. This allows her to question the memoir form, even as she deploys it so beautifully.”
After Long Silence – The Washington Post Book World
“Mesmerizing . . . Fremont has accomplished something that seems close to impossible. She has made a fresh and worthy contribution to the vast literature of the Holocaust.”
—The Washington Post Book World
After Long Silence – Chicago Tribune
“Fascinating . . . A tragic saga, but at the same time it often reads like a thriller filled with acts of extraordinary courage, descriptions of dangerous journeys and a series of secret identities.”
—Chicago Tribune
After Long Silence – The Boston Globe
“Riveting . . . painfully authentic . . . a poignant memoir, a labor of love for the parents she never really knew.”
—The Boston Globe
After Long Silence – Publishers Weekly
“Fremont’s memoir is an incredible tale of survival, a beautiful love story and a suspenseful account of how the author’s investigation of her roots shattered fiercely guarded family secrets…”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review) > Read Review
After Long Silence – Kirkus Review
“…Fremont is an immensely gifted writer who has vividly reconstructed a sensitive and memorable family saga of terror, hiding, and passing, as well as of personal imperatives over two generations around both casting off and confronting the past.
—Kirkus Review > Read Review
