In the book if i should die before I wake, the author, Han Nolan, portrays Chana to be a very strong person emotionally. Chana's strength is shown throughout the book from losing her family one by one, to the consequences dealing with escaping Lodz. Chana lost her father first; he was shot by Nazis.(16-18) Next Chana's little sister Nadzia left the family to live with non-Jews.(43-44) In the ghetto Zade died of old age and malnutrition.(89,90) Anna and her mother were next; they were taken to concentration camps.(137-140) Jakub was the last person she and Bubbe saw before they tried to escape from Lodz to Germany.