![]() ![]() In a memoir written for adults, A Hidden Life (2009), she confronted memories of childhood as well as her husband's suicide at age 37. ![]() It won her numerous awards and she produced a sequel, The Journey Back (1976), which described her family's return to their home and attempts to rebuild their lives after the war. On his urging, she wrote the now-classic young adult novel, The Upstairs Room (1972), based on her personal experiences. She emigrated in the early 1950s to the USA, where she married Jim Reiss, with whom she would have two children. How does it feel to leave the people you've grown to love - and go back to a family you no longer know Holland,1945 - World War II has finally ended. After World War II, she became an elementary school teacher. Buy a cheap copy of The Journey Back book by Johanna Reiss. Order a The Journey Back: Sequel to the Newbery Honor Book the Upstairs Room today from WHSmith. Annie and her sister Sini hid in the Oosterveld's house. The Journey Back chronicles the difficulty of post war Holland and the adjustment not only for the country, but for those who are now strugglin The author's previous work was a Newbery honor book which told her story (via the character of Annie de Leeuw) of hiding in an attic for three years while Hitler's evil forces hunted down Jews like animals. Every time he came across a Jew, he would kill them. She and her older sister survived the Holocaust by being hidden for nearly three years in the tiny attic of a farmhouse in the rural village of Usselo by farmer Johan Oosterveld and his family. Title of the book: The Journey BackBy: Johanna ReissReviewed by: M. Johanna Reiss, née "Annie" de Leeuw, was born to a Jewish family in Winterswijk, The Netherlands. ![]()
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