Author Michael Frank met with now 98 year old Stella Levi on 100 Saturdays over six years. Stella is a Jewish woman born and raised in Rhodes, Greece. She grew up amongst Greeks, Turks, Italians and Judeo -Spaniards. Stella came from a close knit family where she was the youngest of seven children. As the Germans invaded Greece, Stella’s carefree, yet learned, life became more and more frightening. Eventually she and other family members arrived in Auschwitz. Stella and her sister, Renee, somehow survived. After, Stella tried living in Italy and Los Angeles, but felt most comfortable in New York City.

Although there are horrifying scenes of the Holocaust, One Hundred Saturdays is more than a book about that period of history. Rather, it is a biography about an intelligent, lucky, no nonsense, very honest and exceptional woman who lived a unique life.