“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.”

“The stuff of novels and film.”

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

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

“This riveting memoir was an unusual survival story of both loss and love… The ending warms the reader’s heart, and I highly recommend this true story.”

“…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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“This is a home run.”

“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 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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”