Letters from the lost: A memoir of discovery
TítuloLetters from the lost: A memoir of discovery
Autor
Call number940.5318092/0780
Número del objeto08372
Lugar de publicaciónEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
EditorialAlberta Athabasca University Press
Año de publicación
2010
Paginaciónxii, 280p, bibliography
MaterialBook
SerieOur lives: diary, memoir, and letters
ISBN9781897425541
Notes(electronic resource)
Descripción
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.