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To this day; I don't even know what my mother's real name is.Helen Fremont was raised as a Roman Catholic. It wasn't until she was an adult; practicing law in Boston; that she discovered her parents were Jewish--Holocaust survivors living invented lives. Not even their names were their own. In this powerful memoir; Helen Fremont delves into the secrets that held her family in a bond of silence for more than four decades; recounting with heartbreaking clarity a remarkable tale of survival; as vivid as fiction but with the resonance of truth.Driven to uncover their roots; Fremont and her sister pieced together an astonishing story: of Siberian Gulags and Italian royalty; of concentration camps and buried lives. After Long Silence is about the devastating price of hiding the truth; about families; about the steps we take; foolish or wise; to protect ourselves and our loved ones. No one who reads this book can be unmoved; or fail to understand the seductive; damaging power of secrets.What Fremont and her sister discover is an astonishing story: one of Siberian gulags and Italian royalty; of concentration camps and buried lives. AFTER LONG SILENCE is about the devastating price of hiding the truth; about families; about the steps we take; foolish or wise; to protect ourselves and our loved ones. No one who reads this book can be unmoved; or fail to understand the seductive; damaging power of secrets. -->