Final Destination A New Homeland - Couverture souple

Sue, Beca

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0996157557 ISBN 13 : 9780996157551

Editeur : Windy Ridge Farm, 2015

Synopsis

Bessarabia, Romania, 1940. For more than a century, the Grieb family has called this fertile land home. Though German by ancestry, Romania is the only homeland generations of their family have ever known. But as Europe is consumed by war and Soviet forces move into Bessarabia, the Griebs suddenly find themselves caught between two powerful nations—and forced to make an impossible choice.
When Hitler offers ethnic Germans refuge within the German Reich, the family joins thousands of others abandoning their homes and begins an uncertain journey hundreds of miles west. They leave behind their farms, possessions, and everything familiar, believing Germany will provide the safety and new beginning they have been promised.
Instead, they discover a country overwhelmed by war. Housing is scarce, families are shuffled from place to place, and young men are drafted into the German Army. Eventually, the Griebs are resettled on farms in occupied Poland—homes once belonging to families who have been forcibly removed under the Nazi regime. What was supposed to be a refuge becomes another life built upon fear, uncertainty, and the suffering of others.
Then Germany’s war against the Soviet Union begins to collapse.
As the Red Army advances westward, the Grieb family is torn apart. The men are ordered to fight while the women, children, and elderly are crowded onto trains and sent toward southern Germany. With little warning and no assurance they will ever see one another again, husbands are separated from wives, children from fathers, and brothers from sisters.
When the war finally ends, survival is only the beginning.
Across a devastated Europe filled with refugees and displaced families, the Griebs begin searching for one another with no reliable mail, no telephones, and no way of knowing who has survived. Armed only with names, memories, faith, and hope, they must somehow find their way back to the people they love.
A story of war, displacement, separation, and the enduring strength of family, the Griebs’ journey reveals what it means to lose a homeland—and how far people will go to find their way home again.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Beca Sue makes her home on an organic farm in Southern Indiana with her husband, daughter and son. She also has a grown son who makes his home in a neighboring county. She is a homemaker and enjoys helping out on the farm. Beca Sue began her career by writing Vacation Bible Schools and has completed six different VBS programs, many of which have been used by churches throughout the region. She has also been involved with several elementary schools as a physical education instructor, director of music, and Christmas Program director. If you have comments or questions, please contact Beca Sue at becasuebooks@gmail.com Thank you so much for choosing this book. Please look for other books and Ebooks by Beca Sue on the web.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Windy Ridge Farm
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0996157557
• ISBN 13: 9780996157551
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg