“Powerful storytelling that will make you laugh so hard your stomach hurts and cry until you lose your breath.”
ALT for damerna, Denmark
“A very special book… Gives food for thought and gratitude to be alive.”
Gyldendals bogklubb, Denmark
“A family tale of the best kind.”
Femina, Denmark
”An irresistible road movie-novel that becomes even better by the woven in portrait of a family full of chain smoking little ladies, chaotic family dinners, lucky life-saving chances and an unbearable tragedy.”
M-Magasin, Sweden
”An amazing little book.”
Metro, Sweden
“A little gem. A book so human, so warm and so much fun to read.”
Gomorron Sverige, Sweden
“Danny Wattin is constantly balancing on the razor’s edge. He navigates mischievously between irreverent humor, sharp irony and realism. An incredible roadtrip.”
The Free Tarn, France
“This autobiographical tale, infused with humor and self-deprecation, is a response to all forms of racism in general and anti-Semitism in particular.
Le Havre, France
“The novel grows into a beautiful, moving and life-affirming family tale. Not often do you come across a story so heart-warming and funny.”
Politiken, Denmark
“Gradually this patchwork of miniature portraits grows into a larger and powerful story about world history and the fate of a Jewish family… a wonderful autobiographical book.”
Berlingske, Denmark.
”A surprisingly funny, beautiful and sad book…Using humor as tool Danny Wattin tells not only the story of his own family, but of the possibilities, limitations and uttermost devilishness of humankind.”
Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
“The unique combination of the tragicomic portrayal of the living and the painstaking uncovering of the events leading up to the Holocaust transforms this book into a heartbreaking experience. Human warmth and compassion pervade the whole novel.”
Nordjyske Stiftstidende, Denmark
“We are all so accustomed to reading stories about the Holocaust with a grandiose musical soundtrack in our heads to make us cry at just the right moment, carefully planned by the writer. This book is refreshingly free of all of that. I laughed at the descriptions of people, I cried at a picture of a coathanger (yes!) and I continued to think about the book long after finishing it. It is just wonderful: funny and sad, warm and wise, without trying too hard to be any of these things. A true little gem.”
the Swedish Book Review