Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa

Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa by Rubin, Susan Goldman. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810945142.

New insight into the girl whose diary changed the world Few people know that Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, had pen pals in the United States: Juanita and Betty Wagner, of Danville, Iowa. Although the girls corresponded only briefly, their letters capture a poignant moment in Annes life, before the Nazis arrived. Through interviews with people who knew Anne, Margot, Juanita, Betty, and their friends, author Susan Goldman Rubin skillfully contrasts the realities of life in rural America and urban Holland through the duration of World War II. Packed with firsthand reports, photographs (many never before published), and intriguing new information, Searching for Anne Frank provides a vivid look at lives torn apart by war-a subject that has great relevance for todays readers.