Bertha Alyce

Gay Block's photographs have been exhibited in museums since 1975, including a solo exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1992 when her collaboration on Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust with writer Malka Drucker was published. Block lives in Santa Fe.

""Bertha Alyce" is many things: it is a catharsis, an exposA(c), and a glimpse into affluent Jewish life in the South. It is like a museum exhibit between two covers. Like all art, it is deeply personal, challenging and at times, uncomfortable. . ."Bertha Alyce: Mother exPosed" is a portrait unlike any other; a fitting tribute to a unique woman and all the complexities of the mother-daughter relationship." "A book of emotional aptitude such as this is rare, and "Bertha Alyce: Mother exPosed" is worth having for its unique style. A lifetime of photographs seem both familiar and alarming, spinning a narrative of their own that tugged on my heart like lost memories. I found hope and communion in "Bertha Alyce: Mother exPosed"; Block's personal journey is an affecting ride that may prompt you to examine your own memories." "Block shows how someone standing in another's strong shadow can endure maternal domination, witness the corrosion of time on vanity, and escape to construct a rich, productive life on her own terms." "A most remarkable, vivid, shriekingly-real record of a relationship. . . It took a lot of courage for the author to create this book. It takes a bit to read it."