This is an Online Internet Book Club on Rena's Promise by Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz
As a young woman, Rena Kornreich endured the Nazi death camps for almost three and a half years. Rena's Promise, the remarkable story of her survival, shows how her relationship with her younger sister, Danka, gave her the will to persevere under unimaginable circumstances.
"Deeply moving."
-Dena Taylor, San Francisco Chronicle
Book Club Questions for Rena's Promise (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Rena's Promise (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Rena's Promise:
- Did Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen emphasize any specific themes throughout Rena's Promise? What do you think Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Rena's Promise and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Rena's Promise? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Rena's Promise reveal Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Rena's Promise affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Rena's Promise (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Rena's Promise (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Rena's Promise:
- Did Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen make persuasive arguments in Rena's Promise? Did Rena's Promise change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Rena's Promise?
- How does Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam, Rena Kornreich Gelisssen biased within Rena's Promise? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Rena's Promise make you want to read next? Why?
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