"Jeannette Katzir’s memoir describes, as few works have, the enduring legacy of the Holocaust to those who survived and those whom they brought into the world, raised and reared. In the last decades we overly optimistic Americans have preferred a narrative of triumph, of survivors overcoming the evil, enduring and making a compensating contribution that made us marvel; thus, showing us that any evil can be overcome, that suffering leaves no lasting impact. Would that were so. Katzir faithfully retells the story of her parents during the Shoah and then of life in Los Angeles when it was beginning to grow and blossom in the 1950s and 60s. But she traverses the dynamic of a family that was both drawn together by the residue of suffering and ultimately split apart. The book if alternately brave and bold, depressing, saddening and enraging but always engaging.” 

Dr Jane Greer author, Adult Sibling Rivalry
Broken Birds tells the poignant story of the Poltzer family trying to stay connected and hold onto the love of each other ,despite the turbulent history of the Holocaust and the impact it continues to have on each member of their family from one generation to the next. It offers the hope that even in the face of tremendous loss, there is still the possibility of both finding and renewing the valuable sibling bond that plays such a significant role in shaping who we are.