Hanna Perlstein MarcusHanna Perlstein Marcus was born at the Bergen Belsen displaced persons camp after World War II and later immigrated to Springfield, Massachusetts with her mother. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and University of Connecticut and s a licensed clinical social worker in Connecticut. Her first book, Sidonia's Thread, her memoir of growing up with her Holocaust survivor single mother, was the winner of the 2014 Best Kindle Book Award for nonfiction and a nominee for the Sophie Brody Medal and Sarton Memoir Prize. She is the winner of a first place short story prize from the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association for a short story adapted from Sidonia's Thread. She is a popular public speaker at libraries, colleges, synagogues, churches, organizations, and community programs. Read More Read Less