TheDiaryofAnneFrankisaseminalpieceoftwentieth-centuryliterature.ItrecountsthetragicandmovingstoryofayoungJewishteenagerfacedwiththehorrorsofNazism.Init,Anneestablishesabondwithherreadersthattranscendsbothtimeandspace,makingthemherfriendsandconfidants.Readersfeelaconnectionwitheachdreamshehad,eachfearsheendured,andeachstrugglesheconfronted.Herdiaryended,butherstorydidnot.TheLostDiaryofAnneFrankpicksupwhereheroriginaljournalleftoff,takingthereaderonacrediblejourneythroughthetragicfinalmonthsofherlife,faithfullyadheringtoherown,verypersonal,diaryformatintheprocess.InTheLostDiaryofAnneFrank,Annereceivesmysterioushelpfrommanyquarters.Astrangeladyontheothersideofthefencehauntsherdreams.Hermomoncevilified,becomesahero.AnnestruggleswiththeexistenceofGodandHispresenceorabsenceinallofherordeals.Shecontraststhedepravityofmanwithwhatsheseesasmankind’sevidentvirtues.Herlongingtoexperiencesensualpleasuresisnumbedbyforcedover-exposure.ShefindsthatintheNazieffortstoextinguishthehumanityoftheirvictims,achorusofunityevolvesamongthecaptives.Anne’svaulteddreamsforfameandnoticeareultimatelytradedinforthetruelongingsoflife,love,andpeace.TheLostDiaryofAnneFrankfollowsherstorytothechillingend.Dr.JohnnyTeagueisanauthorandhistorian,havingearnedfivedegrees,culminatingwithadoctorateinexpositionfromSouthwesternBaptistTheologicalSeminary.Inpreparationforwritingthisbook,heinterviewedmanyHolocaustsurvivorsandstudiedattheHolocaustmuseumsinHouston,Washington,D.C.,andYadVasheminIsrael.Hisstudieshavetakenhimtonumeroushistoricalsites,includingAuschwitz,Dachau,theCorrietenBoomHouse,andtheAnneFrankHouse.
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