{"product_id":"kiss-the-red-stairs","title":"Kiss the Red Stairs","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the Cindy Roadburg Memorial Prize—Western Canada Jewish Book Awards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eAll Things Consoled\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Hay and \u003ci\u003eThey Left Us Everything \u003c\/i\u003eby Plum Johnson, \u003ci\u003eKiss the Red Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents’ Holocaust stories in the wake of her own divorce, investigating how trauma migrates through generations with empathy, humour, and resilience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarsha was five when a simple question led to a horrifying answer. Sitting in her kitchen, she asked her mother why she didn’t have any grandparents. Her mother told her the truth: the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003eDecades later, her parents dead and herself a mother to a young son, Marsha begins to wonder how much history has shaped her own life. Reeling in the wake of a divorce, she craves her parents’ help. But in their absence, she is gripped by a need to understand the trauma they suffered, and she begins her own journey into the past to tell her family’s stories of loss and resilience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKiss the Red Stairs \u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, intergenerational trauma, divorce, and discovery that will guide readers through several lifetimes of monumental change.","brand":"Lederman, Marsha","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Biography)","offer_id":44163052372192,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_22f87dc2-9f60-423a-9a7d-9f7038c642c3.jpg?v=1693508339","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/kiss-the-red-stairs","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}