Mala’s Cat
- Author Mala Kacenberg
- Narrator Kristin Atherton
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 20 January 2022
- Run Time 8 hours and 44 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Autobiography: historical, political and military, Cats as pets, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Memoirs, The Holocaust, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice.
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Alone in a forest with only a cat for company, this is the deeply moving true story of one little girl's remarkable survival in the shadow of the Holocaust.
Growing up in the Polish village of Tarnogrod on the fringes of a deep pine forest, gives Mala the happiest childhood she could have hoped for. But, as the German invasion begins, her beloved village becomes a ghetto and her family and friends reduced to starvation. She takes matters into her own hands, and bravely removes her yellow star, risking sneaking out to the surrounding villages to barter for food.
It is on her way back that she sees her loved ones rounded up for deportation, and receives a smuggled letter from her sister warning her to stay away. With only her cat, Malach, and the strength of the stories taught by her family, she walks away from everything she holds dear.
Malach becomes her family, her only respite from painful loneliness, a guide and reminder to stay hopeful even when faced with unfathomable darkness. With her guardian angel by her side, Mala finds a way to navigate the dangerous forests, outwit German soldiers and hostile villagers, and survive, against all odds.
© Mala Kacenberg 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
A remarkable tale of survival, in which Jewish life in pre-war Poland and the atrocities of the Holocaust appear through an almost dreamlike lens of childhood memory
This book has a unique spiritual richness
Mala’s Cat is fresh, unsentimental and utterly unpredictable… This memoir, rescued from obscurity by the efforts of Mala Kacenberg’s five children, should be read and cherished as a new, vital document of a history that must never be allowed to vanish
A haunting saga with classic potential
In this gorgeous debut, Kacenberg shares her harrowing and courageous story of surviving the Holocaust. This moving account is a welcome addition to the canon of WWII memoirs
It’s an account of astounding courage and resourcefulness . . . The real miracle here is the vitality of Kacenberg’s faith and determination
To read Mala’s Cat is to enter a dreamscape of horrors seen through innocent eyes
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