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Brooke Randel is a writer, editor, and associate creative director in Chicago. Her writing has been published in Hippocampus, Hypertext Magazine, Jewish Fiction, SmokeLong Quarterly, and elsewhere. The granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, she writes on issues of memory, trauma, family and history. Also Here is her first book. Find more of her work at www.brookerandel.com.
"""An artfully composed and poignant intergenerational memoir, Also Here explores the remarkable tenacity of Brooke Randel's grandmother, Golda Indig—who not only survived Auschwitz but also endured the Holocaust's lasting and complicated aftermath. This inspiring book will help readers understand the reasons that such stories need to be told and retold, both for the sake of the teller and the listeners alike."" — Elizabeth Rosner, author of Survivor Cafe and Third Ear ""Brooke honors her grandmother’s request to tell her story of survival in a beautiful and loving way, all while sharing with readers the very important background story of her own journey. Also Here bears witness to the Holocaust and the third generation's efforts to understand it in remarkably important ways."" — Elizabeth Rynecki, author and documentary filmmaker of Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy ""In Also Here, Brooke Randel has done what many of us children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors seek to do: capture fading memories, reconstruct precious histories and document essential truths before they vanish forever. Randel has done so wisely, sensitively, poetically and honestly—a welcome achievement."" — Howard Reich, Emmy-winning author of The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel and Prisoner of Her Past: A Son’s Memoir"
