The Globe 100: The Best Books of 2022

"It’s an enormous achievement – harrowing yet ultimately uplifting. I wept and I also laughed – sometimes on the same page," wrote author Ann-Marie MacDonald.

Quill & Quire: Books of the Year

Asked to recommend a favourite book of 2022, author/reviewer/ Robert J. Wiersema writes: "absolutely stunning ... a vivid portrait of loss and endless searching." Read the full feature here.

The British Columbia Review

"Marsha Lederman’s gift as a storyteller is to create a cohesive patchwork of interlocking narratives.  ... These are random moments of beauty and new beginnings in the aftermath of unimaginable loss and devastation." Read the full review here. 

CBC The Next Chapter

Marsha joined Shelagh Rogers and panelists David A. Robertson and Brian Isaac Thomas to discuss the late Harold R. Johnson's final book, The Power of Story.
Read and listen to the interview here.

TVOntario The Agenda 

Watch the interview here

Vancouver Sun

"Art can provide an element of witness on the killing fields of history and help redeem the human experience. This book does just that, and does it in shapely, well-crafted prose.
​Highly recommended."

Read the full review here.

Winnipeg Free Press

"She takes scraps and shards of family memories and pastes them together with the broad sweep of Holocaust history to try and develop an understanding of herself and her parents as she struggles through her divorce."

Read the full review here.

BC BookWorld

"Lederman also inherited her parents' resilience. And their humour."
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Access the summer issue of BC BookWorld here.

Stir

"Meticulously researched, Kiss the Red Stairs is a potent mix of personal, familial, and world history; raw emotion and brutally honest self-reflection; and psychology and science, written with the confidence and clarity of a seasoned journalist and the frankness and vulnerability of a dear friend."
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Read the full review here.

CTV The Social

Watch the episode here

CBC The Current

Listen to the interview here

CTV Your Morning

Watch the interview here

CBC Vancouver: On The Coast

Listen to the interview here

The Globe and Mail

Marsha wrote about the aunt she never got to meet and other vanished victims of the Holocaust.

Marsha talked about her book on The Globe's podcast The Decibel.

Marsha wrote about the experience of recording her audiobook.

Montecristo Magazine

Marsha wrote about being soothed by Vancouver as she tackled difficult subject matter in her book.

TVO.org Daily

“Brilliant, sensitive" ... "a truly wonderful book.” — Steve Paikin 

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