{"product_id":"9780771049385","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":"Marsha Lederman (CA)","offers":[{"title":"McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-08-22","offer_id":44227663069439,"sku":"9780771049385","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d25ed442-a23a-41eb-b51a-265ea083efaf.jpg?v=1692920927","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780771049385","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}