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Remember Who You Used to Be Kindle Edition

by Peter Thornthwaite (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
A woman's diaries from age 16, before her last minute escape from Hitler's Germany, until she died in Oxford, England aged 50 - and the letters her big brother sent over those years from his refuge first in Ecuador then Pittsburgh USA. Together they build a vivid picture of two ordinary people touched by momentous events while agonising over boyfriends, girlfriends, the promiscuous habits of American girls, music, marriage, and jumble sales. Gerda's diaries and Gunther's letters tell their story (the bits they want to tell each other, the unconscious revelations) unaware of being one day read by strangers: a hard decision for the author (Gerda's son) but vindicated by this fascinating memoir through which the thread of diaspora and horror is a rarely spoken yet constant undertone in the rich emerging picture of the personalities, quirks, everyday concerns and poignant deaths of these forever separated siblings. This unusual first-hand account that puts ordinary people into history in their own words is also the story of a woman whose hopes, dreams and fears will touch your heart.
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  1. Print length
    470 pages
  2. Language
    English
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  4. Publication date
    April 21, 2023
  5. File size
    4.4 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BTFHFJYZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Heddon Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2023
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.4 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 470 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1913166724
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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  • Guido Wholes
    5.0 out of 5 stars brilliantly researched and written
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2023
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    This is a brilliantly researched book about a fascinating real story of a very young woman's escape from nazi Germany and her struggles to adjust to an English life of poverty and drudgery as an unwelcome refugee.
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  • sue
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating poignant relevant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2023
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    So many original document, letters , diaries make this an amazing account of the lifetime impact of being a refugee on a 17 year old girl - full of humour, reflection and shock
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