Beatrice Abrams

Fighting Darkness, Finding Light Beatrice Abrams

As recounted by fourteen-year-old Janine Bernheim, Fighting Darkness, Finding Light: Family, Friendship, and Faith in Vichy France describes one Jewish family's struggle to survive World War II in a landscape darkened by Nazi violence, hatred, and fear. A novel for readers ages twelve and up, Fighting Darkness, Finding Light is the fictionalized memoir of the real Janine Bernheim. As Janine narrates how the Bernheims stayed strong through the bonds of friends and family-learning to cope with loss, hold fast, and fight back-author Beatrice Abrams transforms history from a collection of dates and incidents into the story of one family who is affected by, responds to, and ultimately affects larger events. It is a story of bias and acceptance, revenge, recollection, and forgiveness.