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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
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