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Author:

Gilbert-Lurie, Leslie.

Title:

Bending toward the sun : a mother and daughter memoir / Leslie Gilbert-Lurie ; with Rita Lurie.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Gilbert-Lurie, Leslie.
Lurie, Rita.
Mothers and daughters--Poland--Biography.
Holocaust survivors--Poland--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.

Contents:

In Mom's voice (1937-1960). Childhood, interrupted ; Stashik is coming ; Safe for the moment ; Where is God? ; Far from normal ; Good-bye, Urzejowice ; Una situazione molto grave ; A taste of freedom ; The greenhorns ; But we just got used to it here ; Utterly demoralized ; I might even marry him ; A wonderful mother -- My own voice (1960-1997). On my watch ; Bread crumbs ; Magical distractions ; I do understand ; Sunday inquisitions ; Time to say "I love you" ; A word game ; Society of Overachieving Offspring of Holocaust Survivors ; Team Leah ; "Just jump" ; It's not that kind of thing ; Inside NBC ; The most beautiful woman in the attic ; Water your garden ; The present I needed to appreciate -- A joint venture (1997-2008). Maybe I should write it ; Feelings of a deprived child ; I tried my best ; Ma of the grand ; A deluxe buffet ; Mikaela : different from other kids my age ; Rita : lessons to be learned ; The abyss ; Legacy.

ISBN:

0061734764
9780061734762

OCLC:

(OCoLC)310398967

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

GKPC851 -- Huxley Public Library (Huxley)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GWPB501 -- Prairie City Public Library (Prairie City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)