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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert-Lurie, Leslie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilbert-Lurie, Leslie.

Lurie, Rita.

Mothers and daughters--Poland--Biography.

Mothers and daughters.

Holocaust survivors--Poland--Biography.

Holocaust survivors.

Poland.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal narratives -- Polish.

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, [2009]

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:

9780061734762 :

0061734764

OCLC:

310398967