My Innocent Absence: Tales from a Nomadic Life - Couverture rigide

Frank, Miriam

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1906413673 ISBN 13 : 9781906413675

Editeur : Arcadia Books, 2010

Synopsis

When five-year-old Miriam boards the Serpia Pinto in 1941, she is unaware that she and her mother Kate are escaping the round-ups, separations extermination camps of Nazi Germany. By the age of 12, Miriam has fled two wars and lived on three continents. Gradually understanding her own history, she begins to train as a doctor at the tender age of 16 and eventually returns to Europe, where she settles in London and marries a German artist, former assistant to Oscar Kokoschka. An elegantly written memoir of a truly fascinating life.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When five-year-old Mirian boards the Serpia Pinto in 1941, she is unaware that she and her mother Kate are escaping the round-ups, separations extermination camps of Nazi Germany. By the age of 12, Miriam has fled two wars and lived in three continents. Gradually understanding her own history, she begins to train as a doctor at the tender age of 16 and eventually returns to Europe, where she settles in London and marries a German artist, former assistant to Oscar Kokoschka. An elegantly written memoir of a truly fascinating life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906413673
• ISBN 13: 9781906413675
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible