{"product_id":"a-mother-s-promise-9781399625425","title":"A Mother's Promise : My true story of surviving Auschwitz and the horrors of the Holocaust, the Sunday Times bestseller","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Mama, it's me.' I held her hand in mine, hoping it would give her the strength to hold on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, she spoke, her voice barely above a whisper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Do not cry when I die.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom invasion to liberation, September 1939 to April 1945, as Renee was marched from ghetto to camp, there was one constant. One hand that clutched hers - her mother's. Every day for nearly six years, mother and daughter were bound together in hell. From Auschwitz-Birkenau to Bergen-Belsen, they were a powerful source of solace and hope for one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strength of Sala's love gave them both something fragile yet beautiful to cling to in an ugly, depraved world. It was her mother who hid Renee, lied to the SS, went right when she was directed left - whose small actions had life-saving consequences. Now, for Renee, the need to share has finally overcome the desire to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Mother's Promise is a love letter to a mother eighty years in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Renee Salt\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ec 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Holidays \u0026amp; seasonal interest, Memoirs, 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000, The Holocaust, Second World War\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 Jan 2026 by Orion Publishing Co.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Renee Salt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57321036185978,"sku":"9781399625425","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781399625425.jpg?v=1790669610","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-mother-s-promise-9781399625425","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}