The first half is incredibly interesting. There is a lot of info that sheds light on the helpers and the hiders struggles. It explores Anne's thoughts and the authoring of the diary, Otto's struggles and decisions around the Anne Frank story, and the helpers postwar life. 

After much of the historical is explored the book tapers off into a weird area around the authors family and while interesting, there wasn't a good delineation to when this was happening much of this familial exploration should have been more epilogue. 

I don’t love a lit of non-fiction but this one was awesome!  It tells the story of the other side of the wall from Anne Frank’s family.

Cash grab? Would bep have liked this?

The first third to half was a very interesting dive into the history of Anne Frank and the helpers, but the remainder deteriorated quickly into a convoluted story of the author’s personal family which seemed unrelated to the Anne Frank story. I didn’t really enjoy the writing style.