Anne Frank wrote a diary from the age of 13 as she hid for over two years in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse escaping the horrors of Nazi occupation. An intimate record of tension & struggle, adolescence & confinement, anger & heartbreak, it is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century, famed throughout the world. Since first publication in 1947, the diary has been read by tens of millions of people in many different translations. A bestseller in its 1952 & 1997 (definitive) editions, it remains a beloved & deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Recently discovered letters, documents & photographs of Anne & her family including letters from her, her father's letters from Auschwitz & his poignant descriptions of searching for his family after the war & his discovery of the diaries, have been made into a family saga by Mirjam Pressler, the editor of the definitive edition of the Diary. The book, which reads like a novel, an epic, fateful, family saga, recounts the story of Anne's family both before, during & after the war. It contrasts the normality of family life with the horrors of persecution, deportation & the concentration camps & through it we gain new insight into Anne & her iconic diary, one of those unique documents that portrays innocence & humanity, suffering & survival in the starkest & most moving terms. The book has 404 pages & is 15.3 x 3.5 x 23.4 cms