Reading Alicia-My Story, I was amazed by her spirit and will to survive. I could not sleep after reading the book (in one day, at that). Alicia paints such a vivid portrayl of hiding from the nazis...as she told her story I found my own heart pounding and cried through most of it. This is not a book for the squimish, but is so important. Alicia has fulfilled her promise to her murdered family by acting as their voice. What an amazing woman! Also, I just want to say, that this book is not boring at all, as had been suggested by another reviewer. Their comment really angered me as a Jew who lost relatives in the Holocaust, because it trivialized the gravity of the near genocide.