| NOTE: This audio book is no longer available. Now that you are here, we hope you look around. We have 1000s of audio books and would be glad to order any available audiobook you don't see here. We look forward to serving you. This audio book may be available from us in another version, on another format or as a digital - download. Based on the diary of Anne Frank - Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler - audio book narrated by Winona Ryder - Abridged Nonfiction - 4 CASSETTES - 6 hours Publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell (August 1995) "The new edition reveals a new depth to Anne's dreams, irritations, hardship, and passions...There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth (1945 - 1995) anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil." --Chicago Tribune Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, Anne Frank's story has become familiar to millions all over the world and remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Included in this Definitive Edition are diary entries previously omitted from the original, passages which reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. Shed fretted over her emerging sexuality, often found herself in disagreement with the adults around her, and veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult living under extraordinary conditions and unbearable strain. Anne emerges more triumphantly and heart-breakingly human, more vulnerable, and more vital than ever. Anne Frank and her family hid in the back of at American warehouse for two years in an effort to escape the horrors of Nazi occupation. Only thirteen when her family went into the Secret Annex, she reveals her daily life as the world around them succumbed to the worst horror the modern world had seen, facing hunger, the threat of discovery and death, estrangement from the outside world, and above all, the boredom, the petty misunderstandings, and the frustrations of living in such confined quarters. A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer, and acclaimed actress Wynona Ryder brings this unforgettable young woman to life in a stunning performance for listeners of all ages to cherish. About the Author & Editors: ANNE FRANK was born on June 12, 1929. She died while imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen, three months short of her sixteenth birthday. Her father, Otto H. Frank, was the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust. He died in 1980. Mirjam Pressler a popular writer of books for young adults. About the Narrator: WINONA RYDER's numerous film credits include Gil, Interrupted, Being John Malkovich, Beetlejuice, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Edward Scissorhands, The Age of Innocence, and Little Women. She has also made guest Appearances on Friends and The Larry Sanders Show. | 
