Letters from the lost: A memoir of discovery
TitleLetters from the lost: A memoir of discovery
Author
Call number940.5318092/0780
Object number08372
Place of publicationEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
PublisherAlberta Athabasca University Press
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionxii, 280p, bibliography
MaterialBook
Series titleOur lives: diary, memoir, and letters
ISBN9781897425541
Notes(electronic resource)
Description
This is the author's discovery of her history, and that of her parents and extended family. Her father escaped with Helen and her mother from Prague and fled to Canada.
Years later Helen read these letters, which was the only form of communication with their family . She then followed thetrail of letters back to Europe where she found living witnesses who could attest to the letters' contents. She has here interwoven their stories and her own into a compelling narrative of suffering, survivor guilt, and overcoming intergenerational obstacles when exploring a traumatic past.