Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209).
Contents:
A visit -- Operation overlord -- France in June -- The neighborhood, 1924 -- The bocage -- Dad -- The Turk -- Grandpop -- Hrtgenwald -- The soldier friend -- The bulge -- The diary -- Lost men -- O holy night -- Christmas Eve -- Werner and Gertrud -- Remagen -- The camps -- The letters -- The Saar -- Rose -- Luxembourg -- Waves ahead -- St. Patrick's Day -- Lieselotte -- The coast -- The last stop -- Boys of war -- No visitors -- Borrowed time -- Tell me again -- The memorial -- Not a moment more or less -- Eulogy -- The truth -- Salute.
Summary:
"The Time Left between Us is a hybrid work of memoir, narrative nonfiction, travel, history, and reportage. Spanning landscapes and lifetimes, 30-year-old Alicia retraces her grandfather's tour through WWII Europe, as a young Del survives D-Day, The Bulge, Remagen and liberates concentration camps"-- Provided by publisher.
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