Who She Was: My Search for My Mother's Life - Softcover

"Who She Was is a subtle analysis, with all the pathos and depth of a portrait by Rembrandt.... Freedman's odyssey into his mother's past explains who she was and paints an affecting portrait of the woman and her times." -- Tony Lewis, The Providence Journal "A testament to how every life is a living and memorable embodiment of the past and history. One feels the author's affection and wonderment for his subject on every page." -- Oscar Hijuelos, Author Of The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love "Nothing less than a triumph of the biographer's art, a work that takes a woman lost to time and restores her to the world." -- Davod L. Ulin, Chicago Tribune "Freedman has succeeded brilliantly in finding out who his mother was and how she lived; the result is a book that is deeply satisfying to read, as close to time traveling as most of us will ever experience." -- Diane Ravitch, The New York Sun "Who She Was is a precise, meticulous re-creation of a woman's experience that attempts -- as does all great literature -- to take a stand against time and loss and insignificance." -- Alice McDermott, Author Of Child Of My Heart and Charming Billy

Who She Was brings a compassionate yet unflinching eye to the American Jewish experience. Researched as a history, written like a novel, Who She Was stands in the tradition of such classics as Call It Sleep and The Assistant. In bringing to life his mother, Samuel G. Freedman has given all readers a memorable heroine.