Mirjam Pressler has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Treasures from the Attic.
Treasures from the Attic
Summary
Anne Frank wrote a diary from the age of 13 as she hid for over two years in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse escaping the horrors of Nazi occupation. An intimate record of adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak, it is among the most enduring documents of the 20th century. Famed throughout the world and read by tens of millions of people in many different translations, it remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Recently discovered documents and photographs of Anne and her family, including letters from her, her father's letters from Auschwitz and his poignant descriptions of searching for his family after the war, have been made into a family saga by Mirjam Pressler, the editor of the definitive edition of the Diary. The book, which reads like a novel, recounts the story of Anne's family before, during and after the war. It contrasts the normality of family life with the horrors of persecution, deportation, and the concentration camps, and through it we gain new insight into Anne and her iconic diary, one of those unique documents that portray innocence and humanity, suffering and survival in the starkest and most moving terms.
©2011 Mirjam Pressler (P)2011 Orion Publishing Group Limited
Malka Mai
Summary
Es ist die Geschichte eines Verlustes, des Verlustes von Kindheit und Unschuld. Malka Mai lebt mit ihrer Mutter Hanna, einer erfolgreichen Ärztin, und ihrer älteren Schwester im von den Deutschen besetzten Polen. Im September 1943 ist die kleine Familie wie so viele jüdische Bürger gezwungen, die Flucht zu ergreifen. Doch Malka wird unterwegs so krank, dass sie bei einem Bauern zurückbleiben muss. Nach Ungarn, so wird verabredet, wird Malka nachgebracht - sobald es ihr wieder besser geht. Doch der Bauer hält nicht Wort. Malka muss mit sieben Jahren lernen, sich in Zeiten von Krieg und Deportationen alleine durchzuschlagen. Um Hunger, Kälte, Einsamkeit und Grauen ertragen zu können, entwickelt Malka ihre eigenen Überlebensstrategien. Altersempfehlung: Ab 9 Jahren.
(c) + (p) 2002 Der Hörverlag
Ich bin's, Kitty: Aus dem Leben einer Katze
Summary
Hauskatze Kitty führt ein beschauliches Leben in der Villa ihrer betagten Besitzerin Emma. Von ihr lernt sie lesen, dichten und die ein oder andere Lebensweisheit. Doch dann wird Emma krank und muss in ein Pflegeheim. Plötzlich ist Kitty auf sich allein gestellt. Zum Glück trifft sie auf die Katze Flecki, mit deren Hilfe sie lernt, draußen zu überleben. Unter den Streunern bekommen Werte wie Hilfsbereitschaft, Toleranz und Solidarität für Kitty eine neue Bedeutung. Die berührende und tiefsinnige Geschichte von Erfolgsautorin Mirjam Pressler wird ungekürzt gelesen von Andrea Sawatzki.
©2018 Beltz (P)2018 DAV
Treasures from the Attic
Summary
An old lady, an antiques dealer, dies in Basel, Switzerland. Her devoted daughter-in-law finally steels herself to do what all families must in the aftermath of a death - she heads upstairs to the attic to sort through the old lady's effects. But this wasn't just any old lady, and this wasn't just any old family house. Helene (Leni) Elias was born Helene Frank, only daughter of Alice Frank and sister of Otto Frank, who in turn was Anne Frank's father. The crash of 1929 destroyed the Franks' banking business in Frankfurt; the rise of the Nazi party began to destroy their lives. Alice, the matriarch, left Germany for Switzerland in the early 1930s; her four children scattered to other European capitals, but she remained the hub of their lives. They wrote (voluminously), they sent photos, they visited for summer holidays and huge family reunions, and then, of course, wrote about them when they got home. Alice was their Central Post Office and their Telephone Exchange, and she kept every bit of it she could. In wardrobes, in steamer trunks, in drawers, in boxes, in packets tied up with ribbon and string—it all sat upstairs in her house. This was the house where her son Otto, Anne's father, had come to live for seven years as the sole survivor of his little family after the liberation of Auschwitz. Such memorabilia as he rescued also went upstairs. When Alice died, her daughter Helene inherited the house. When Helene died, her son Buddy, Anne's childhood playmate, and his wife Gerti, inherited in turn. And finally Gerti went upstairs to sort out the attic....
©2011 Mirjam Pressler (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.