Review: Anne Frank: The Biography by Melissa Müller

Title: Anne Frank: The Biography
Author: Melissa Müller

Publisher: Picador
Publication Date: September 15, 1999 (first published 1998)
Edition: paperback (352 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Biography
• History
• World War II

My Rating: 3 of 5 stars

Anne Frank is a name many readers know well. In the summer of 1942, she went into hiding, along with her immediate family, to avoid being deported to a Nazi concentration camp. During that time, she kept a diary chronicling the events of her life. A little over two years later, she and her family were discovered, arrested and deported to death camps. Melissa Müller has written Anne's biography.

I found this biography most interesting. Not only does it contain many of Anne Frank's diary entries, it also expands upon the details of her life, friends, family and those who helped the Frank family while in hiding. It also provides a detailed account of what became of those most closely associated with Anne following World War II.

I first read "The Diary of Anne Frank" as a young girl and have reread it several times since. It is a book that has always stayed with me, close to my heart. Anyone with an interest in this subject will find this biography interesting, I think. I recommend it, and will revisit again.