Like Wafers in Honey by Leah Eskin

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A young woman's search for her mother's past leads her to a new understanding of her own place in the world.

Leah Eskin's mother, Bella, was a child of the Warsaw Ghetto. She arrived in America with no family, no money, and no English. Yet she made a life for herself and her daughter. She never spoke of her past. Until, on her deathbed, she asked Leah to find a cousin who had survived.

Searching for her mother's cousin leads Leah to unexpected corners of the world and to a new understanding of her mother's life. She discovers a vibrant family she never knew she had. And she uncovers a way to know her mother as she never could in life.

Told in luminous prose, Like Wafers in Honey is a story of the Holocaust and its aftermath, of the immigrant experience, and of the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters.

★ "Eskin's memoir is a beautiful tribute to her mother and a powerful reminder of the importance of family and heritage." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A moving and beautifully written memoir." —Publishers Weekly