The story of an Orinda woman whose mother 'persevered'

The power of a mother's love for her soon-to-be-born child is the basis of the unbelievable but true story told in author Wendy Holden's new book, "Born Survivor" , and an Orinda woman is a central character. The 386-page account of events in 1944 Germany tells in sometimes gruesome but often graceful words the remarkable story of three Holocaust victims -- Priska, Rachel and Anka.