Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0299164349 ISBN 13 : 9780299164348

Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 1999

Synopsis

Donna Solecka Urbikas grew up in the Midwest during the golden years of the American century. But her Polish-born mother and half sister had endured dehumanizing conditions during World War II, as slave laborers in Siberia. War and exile created a profound bond between mother and older daughter, one that Donna would struggle to find with either of them.
In 1940, Janina Slarzynska and her five-year-old daughter Mira were taken by Soviet secret police (NKVD) from their small family farm in eastern Poland and sent to Siberia with hundreds of thousands of others. So began their odyssey of hunger, disease, cunning survival, desperate escape across a continent, and new love amidst terrible circumstances.
But in the 1950s, baby boomer Donna yearns for a normal American family while Janina and Mira are haunted by the past. In this unforgettable memoir, Donna recounts her family history and her own survivor s story, finally understanding the damaged mother who had saved her sister.
Finalist, Best Traditional Non-Fiction Book, Chicago Writers Association"

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wisconsin Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0299164349
• ISBN 13: 9780299164348
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Éditeur: Kleinhenz Christopher, LeMoine Fannie
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible