“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.”

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

“This is a true story.  That simple statement will seem remarkable to you once you have read this book.”

“…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 a panoramic work of nonfiction that I believe Hemingway would have been proud to put his name on.”

“Schindler’s List meets Casablanca in this tale of a daughter’s epic search for her mother’s prewar beau — 50 years later.”

“The knock on the door that first pulled us into Maitland’s story leads to improbable and intriguing contemporary connections, some built on secrets not yet revealed. … I wait for Maitland’s sequel.”

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

“…a tale at once heartbreaking and uplifting, in which the story of a young woman’s love – revealed by her own daughter – triumphs over the tragedy of world events.”

“A beautiful story.”

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

“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.”

“The stuff of novels and film.”

“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.”

“Crossing the Borders of Time will bewitch you…There is no fictionalized account of long-lost love that could be as compelling.”

“This is a home run.”

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

“Sometimes the truth is not ‘stranger than fiction’ but more compelling than fiction, and that’s the case here…. Well written and captivating, its story will stay with readers well after the book is finished.”

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

“…the listener may forget this is a work of nonfiction—so engrossing is its story and so vividly is it told.”