Do Not Disclose: A Memoir Of Family Secrets Lost and Found

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Huge target market: This memoir is targeted at adult readers interested in history, World War II, Jewish history, and the Holocaust, a huge audience.

The author intricately bends the memoir genre in this book, mixing personal narrative with a lyrical exploration of her past and history for a product that reads like a detective novelpopular genres in the US thatcollectively account for over $1.5 billion in sales each year.

With the rise of fascism and white supremacy groups in Europe, the US and all over the world, this book is a timely reminder of the deep, continuing and transgenerational effects and wounds of the Holocaust.

The author has won several awards for her previous books, including the 2016 silver medal from the Moonbeam Childrens Book Awards and the 2017 list for young adult fiction from Green Earth Book Awards.

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Praise forDo Not Disclose:

A 2021Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Book of the Year

This richly detailed memoir will particularly appeal to those whose imaginations are fired by genealogy and historical research. A captivating story smartly recounted.
Kirkus Reviews, STARRED

Exceptionally well written, organized and presented Do Not Disclose is an inherently fascinating read from beginning to end. A welcome addition to the growing library of Jewish Holocaust Literature anextraordinary and unreservedly welcome addition to community, college and university library collections.Midwest Book Review, Reviewers Choice

Do Not Discloseis hard to put down, a haunting, poetic journey, the search for lost childhood, like a letter from someone we did not want to see anymore, nor want to open for the fear of finding inside ita truth.
John Bernstein, prize-winning screenwriter, playwright, and Professor of Holocaust in Film and Israeli Cinema at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

Leora Krygier is an exquisite writer andDo Not Discloseis her masterpiece. In lyrical prose, she recounts the bittersweet journey of excavating the truth in her own family and that of a complete stranger. When astonishing twists and turns lead her on a path she never expected to travel, she stays the course with courage and commitment and ultimately finds her way home.
Linda Schreyer, award-winning screenwriter and author ofTears and Tequila

A remarkable personal journey and deeply moving tale of family secrets. A must-read.
Eva Nagorski, award-winning screenwriter, director, and author ofThe Down and Dirty Dish on Revenge

I cannot think of an author alive who writes with the soul-stirring, poetic prose of Leora Krygier.Do Not Discloseis an incredibly touching memoir that elegantly weaves together threads from the Holocaust, family secrets, motherhood and a quest to find a soldier from a discovered postcard. I was captivated from the first page. Here is life in all of its painful, honest, joyful beauty.
Stephanie Corbett, Head of Circulation, Holmes County District Public Library

Leora Krygier's qualities as a gifted writer and meticulous researcher are evident in her touching and candid memoir. As she searches for a stranger's roots, she explores and acquires a deeper understanding of her own family's complicated legacy.
Meryl Ain, author ofThe Takeaway Men

Praise forKeep Her:

Krygier's vivid, immersive prose . . . a recommended read for creative romantics everywhere.
School Library Journal

Keep Herwill engage fans of contemporary fiction. Fans of meant-to-be romance stories will not be disappointed.
Voya Magazine

Krygier writes like she knows the characters personally. I have never read a story as filled with passion and regret as this book.
TeenReads

This vibrantly dazzling literary cocktail on the restorative powers of love will leave reader's hearts renewed.
Popsugar

Discussing topics such as environmental protection and adoption,Keep Heris a refreshingly honest read.
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Author Bio

Leora Krygier is a former Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Division judge. Shes the author of When She Sleeps (Toby Press), which was lauded for its luminous prose (Newsweek) and praised by Booklist, Library Journal, and Kirkus. It was also a New York Public Library Selection for Best Books for the Teen Age. Shes also the author of Juvenile Court: A Judges Guide for Young Adults and their Parents (Rowan & Littlefield) and Keep Her (She Writes Press), a young adult novel reviewed as a vibrantly dazzling literary cocktail on the restorative powers of love. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David.