“How the small flame of an undying love can illuminate the darkness of a tragic era.  This elegantly told story is for everyone.”

“Maitland is a brilliant reporter who knows what questions to ask and how to get her story. Written with the precision of a historian, the result is a work I could not put down and scarcely wanted to end.”

“This is a poetic story of undying love full of insight and honesty that truly crosses the borders of time.”

“…one of the most poignant love-lost, love-found stories I have ever read, with an ending that Hollywood wouldn’t dare.”

“Informative and electrifying…grips the reader’s attention.”

“Leslie Maitland’s nonfiction account of her mother’s life Crossing the Borders of Time will keep you glued to its pages….Romantic novels don’t get as good as this book.”

“This is a touching story about the odd collision of fate and will.  A poignantly rendered, impeccably researched tale of a rupture healed by time.”

“This is a worthy testament to how war and displacement conspire against personal happiness.”

“[Leslie Maitland’s] book is stunning…. I was swept away by the mystery, the love, and the journey. An incredible and utterly engrossing story!”

“Leslie Maitland’s Crossing the Borders of Time... It’s a compelling, epic, World War II story of love lost but not forgotten and the power of memories.”

“…one of those sweeping, epic, romantic novels that seems tailor-made for the Oscars and a long summer afternoon.  Except it’s real!”

“Crossing the Borders of Time is more beautiful than a novel because of the power of its true story and the richness with which it is told.”

“An absorbing true account of romance, resilience, and survival…”

“This is a fascinating story of thwarted love, longing, and the travails of one woman and one family within the broader context of war and persecution.”

“Maitland has researched this story exhaustively and told it with great sensitivity, in a beautifully evocative style…”

“A beautiful story.”

“As gripping as any fiction… Readers hoping for a happy ending will be rewarded by a conclusion any novelist would have been happy to create.”

“The stuff of novels and film.”

“This true story, written in a gripping and compelling style, reads like a novel.”

“Leslie Maitland’s personal account of her family is a major contribution to history interlaced with a lovely love story.”