Life Is Rosi: The hilarious and heart-warming memoir exploring family history, resilience and the importance of carrying hope through generations

'This is a unique juxtaposition of the shatteringly honest diaries of two Jewish girls fighting to survive ― Grandma Rosi in the Holocaust and two generations later Jess in today's grubby showbiz world. It appalled, uplifted and delighted me. I wish I’d written it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'I loved every word of it. Funny, fascinating, infuriating and so deeply personal. It's quite the achievement to create something so raw, so funny, and so clever.' ADAM HILLS When Grandma Rosi was 23, she was expelled from Nazi Germany and interned as a refugee in Zbąszyń, Poland. She used her diary to document every detail of her experiences, from being deported by the Gestapo to stolen conversations with her first love. When Jess was 23, she was living in London, struggling with a fledgling acting career, a failed love life and rock-bottom self-esteem. She used her diary to rant about her mum and track her daily calories. Well, it was the noughties… Rapidly approaching her 40th birthday – and, honestly, wanting an EU passport to beat the airport queues – comedian and impressionist Jess Robinson finally digs into the archives of her German Jewish ancestry.