We Are on Our Own: A Memoir Katin Miriam
We Are on Our Own: A Memoir Katin Miriam A crisis of faith follows a mother and daughter in this beautifully rendered, harrowing WWII memoirWith the heartrending We Are on Our Own, Miriam Katin…
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We Are on Our Own: A Memoir Katin Miriam
A crisis of faith follows a mother and daughter in this beautifully rendered, harrowing WWII memoirWith the heartrending We Are on Our Own, Miriam Katin recounts the story of her escape from German-occupied Hungary as a child, led by her determined mother. The two flee to the countryside after faking their deaths and traversing lands blanketed with snow. The two fled Budapest near the end of WWII and at the age of sixty-three Katin enshrined her memory in these extraordinary pages, originally published in hardcover more than fifteen years ago.In 1944, Miriam is a toddler beloved by her dog Rexy, but when her mother is forced to give up their "Jewish dog" to the German authorities, Miriam's world begins to unravel.
Miriam's fragmented childhood memories of forests, chocolate, strange men, and the noise of war are reconstituted in this beautifully told epic