Dancing Under the Red Star: The Extraordinary Story of Margaret Werner, the Only American Woman to Survive Stalin's Gulag by Karl Tobien

Jun 25, 2008 Karen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: memoir, russian, ww2

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Margaret's son puts into writing his mother's story, using her voice / point of view. The book presents remarkable detail of her more than 30 years experience outside the US, nearly 10 of which were spent in a Stalin GULAG. In short, I found this account filled with stunning examples of how human beings can enact great horrors or great heroics when placed in extraordinary circumstances.

In the late 1930s, Margaret's father took a job in Russia through Ford Motor Company in an attempt to escape th...more Margaret's son puts into writing his mother's story, using her voice / point of view. The book presents remarkable detail of her more than 30 years experience outside the US, nearly 10 of which were spent in a Stalin GULAG. In short, I found this account filled with stunning examples of how human beings can enact great horrors or great heroics when placed in extraordinary circumstances.

In the late 1930s, Margaret's father took a job in Russia through Ford Motor Company in an attempt to escape the crushing poverty of the US Depression. Once they were settled in Gorky, it was apparent they were in worst shape than before. A few years later, Margaret's father was arrested, and Margaret herself followed a few more years thereafter. She was transfered a few places, but spent most of her time as a political prisoner in a harsh work camp / death camp (a GULAG). Even after her release, she still spent several years and several layers of red tape trying to return to America.

After reading this book, I am stunned by how many freedoms and luxuries I enjoy daily when other past and present struggle under tyranny, war, disease and poverty. I have never read anything but detached, impersonal historical accounts of Stalin's regime. It's incredible to think that hundreds, thousands -- really millions -- of people suffered similar conditions as those to which Margaret bears witnesses. It's clear that her determination, athleticism, and intellect aided her greatly. She also credits her mother's strong Christian faith to her ultimate release and their reunion.

Margaret's narrative I found quite compelling, but her son adds a few post-scripts, which jump from narrative to exhortation. I have to admit that I liked those less. I'm a big advocate of "show don't tell" in memoirs, and these last little bits had too much telling.

Overall, and insightful look into one individual's horrible journey in and out of Communist Russia in the 1940s and 1950s. An inspirational account of human triumph. May we all work to overturn and prevent this kind of tyranny in the world. (less)

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Mar 30, 2009 Catherine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Margaret Werner's father, Carl, was offered an opportunity to join approx. 450 fellow Ford Auto employees in operating a new manufacturing plant in Gorky, Russia. Despite desperate pleas on Margaret and her mother Elisabeth's parts to stay in America, Carl decided to move the family from Detroit to Gorky.

The family lived under harsh conditions from the get-go. But the real hell begins for the family when Carl is arrested on false charges, and then a few years later Margaret is also arrested and...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Faith Tyler rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Dancing under the Red Star was a beautiful, touching, and heartwarming story about an American Citizen who gets caught in the mitts of the Russian Revolution. She slowly tries to make her way back to America. She lived through Stalin’s rule in Russia as an American and at one point a political prisoner. The book was written by her son, Karl Tobien. He wanted her story to be told and to be passed on. Karl wanted her story to be told. He wanted people to see the journe...more Faith Tyler
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Dancing under the Red Star was a beautiful, touching, and heartwarming story about an American Citizen who gets caught in the mitts of the Russian Revolution. She slowly tries to make her way back to America. She lived through Stalin’s rule in Russia as an American and at one point a political prisoner. The book was written by her son, Karl Tobien. He wanted her story to be told and to be passed on. Karl wanted her story to be told. He wanted people to see the journey his mother took to get back to America. He wanted people to see the hardships that she endured. He wanted people to see the perseverance. He wanted people to see that she got back to America by one person. GOD! On page 326, Margret says, “Someday I would have to speak of it. My story was too much to keep bottled inside. My life had been stolen from me, but now it was being returned.” Margret wanted to tell her story but she never got a chance to write about it before she died, so she told her son to pass it down and to let people know that she was the only American citizen to survive the gulag and to make it back home. She wanted people to know of God’s grace and his divine interventions in her terrifying situations. On page 327, she says, “Many others had done that. (Given up). I knew them. I knew their faces. But God had other plans. God had given me a chance in a million, a chance to start all over again. I was free. Here was my life, waiting for me, as if I had just been born.

Margret wanted people to learn something out of her book. She wanted people to learn from her struggles, in the labor camps, that you can make it though anything with God. He gives you determination and the willingness to keep moving forward; this is called the power of faith. Margret saw God intervene in her life in many situations. One time, when her and her mother needed heat, in their small room, she went to go get little pieces of wooden fences for firewood. They needed it because the winter was brutal those years and they had no heat in their one room living corridors. This was illegal and she would routinely risk her life to go get the firewood. One day she was stopped by a guard. She had not seen anybody around and suddenly he just appeared. He stopped her and would have caught her but suddenly the guard just left in mid sentence. Margret said, “I felt strangely that it was supernatural, miraculous. I knew it more in my heart than in my head. I was humbled and grateful in a way I hadn’t felt in a long time, rembering Mamas words and her constant, fervent prayer, ‘“Don’t worry, Maidie. God will get us through this!”” (pg, 124) The power of faith is what got her through Russia and the only thing that kept her from going insane when she was in the labor camps. She explains how a lot of people committed suicide because they didn’t have God to trust in. “I gained a new motivation that defiantly refused to give up, no matter what the conditions. Or was it the grace of God that gave me a reason to continue? I did believe that he had a purpose for me and for my life, although it was hard to see. I knew I was going to live, but I had no idea when I would get out of this wretched place.” (pg 248)

One thing that I really liked about the book was that it was a narrative. Margret didn’t write the book. She never had the strength or time; it is still her story and it is still her words. Her son just wrote it down for her. Margret starts out and tells a brief biography of her parent’s life before hers. She then talks about her own life, how she traveled to Russia on a boat, and how she got home to America in the end. The style of the story helped me understand what was going on in her life. I wouldn’t have understood the book if it would have just started from her imprisonment in the labor camp. The events leading up to her imprisonment painted a better and clearer picture of her life. It showed that even before she was imprisoned, her life wasn’t easy. It showed how her imprisonment changed her. The narrative was effective, not only that way, but it also gave me a clear view of what she was thinking. It helped me understand what was going on in the book, and it helped me connect with the character. For example, there was this evil old lady that Margret had to share a cell with. She talks of the hatred she felt toward her. She says, “Anastasia recognized me too, and I too, and I know she didn’t like what she saw: my angry eyes trying to burn a hole into her skull.” (Pg, 296) I could feel exactly what she felt and this helped me to connect with Margret.

My opinions of books usually tend to be very critical because I have read so many, but this one, this one, was fantastic. I absolutely loved it. I loved how it showed Margret’s journey through life and how she kept strong even when she had it bad. She never gave up and just from reading the book it gave me inspiration. Her will to live and to keep going gave me a great outlook on my life. I should be happy for what I have because Margret could still be happy even when she was at rock bottom. In the book she explains her life in one of the labor camps. She said it was hard for her to get used to but that she still had some fun times. In one of her camps they had a lake and it froze over. The prisoners got to ice skate on the frozen river. She says, “My childhood passion for skating had never left me, and my heart lifted every time I went on the ice. During our nonworking hours, we skated with the reckless abandon of youthful freedom and exuberance, forgetting our prison.” (pg 273) She made the best of her bad life. If she can do that, then I can surely make the best of my American life. There was nothing that I disliked about the book, everything was fantastic. I thought the story was well put together, and how can you not like a book about such hope. This book reminds me of The Diary of Ann Frank because Margret and Ann both lived through labor camps and they both tried to make the best of their lives in the camps. If I rated this book, I would give it five out of five stars. It was an excellent book and I encourage all to read.
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Sep 28, 2012 Louisa rated it 1 of 5 stars

I despise being proselytized at the best of times. What I was not expecting was an account of a GULAG survivor's life to be a vehicle for conversion to Evangelical Christianity.

The substandard writing style aside, I found myself infuriated when every supposed "miracle" of this woman's survival is attributed to God rather than human decency, a sense of camaraderie brought about through adversity and just sheer, dumb luck.

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Aug 16, 2012 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Margaret Werner moved from Detroit, MI to Gorky, USSR in 1932, when she was 10 years old. Her father, Carl, worked for Ford and chose to leave the uncertain job environment of the Depression era and take a job in the Soviet Union, helping them develop their auto industry. Unfortunately, they were unaware of the real situation in the USSR, what life would be like under Stalin. Carl was eventually arrested as an enemy of the state and died in prison. Margaret and her mother had no information abou...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Ellen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the memoir of a woman who, as a young girl, moves with her father and mother from Detroit to Gorky, Russia. It is 1932 and the father decides that the family should escape the Depression and move with other Ford Motor Company employees to work in the Gorky factory. Under the reign of terror instituted by Joseph Stalin and his minions, the family suffers for years under deprivation, false arrest and imprisonment, and other atrocities.

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Mar 16, 2012 Jelinas rated it 3 of 5 stars

Side Note: If you can help it, try not to read too many books about death camps too close together. It can get very depressing and then, even worse, you could become numb to the suffering.

My friend let me borrow this book at the same time that she lent me Unbroken, and I was cautiously optimistic about it. But it was a mistake to read the two so close together because I couldn't help but to compare the writing, and Dancing Under the Red Stare, sadly, could not compare.

Karl Tobien, the author, is...more Side Note: If you can help it, try not to read too many books about death camps too close together. It can get very depressing and then, even worse, you could become numb to the suffering.

My friend let me borrow this book at the same time that she lent me Unbroken, and I was cautiously optimistic about it. But it was a mistake to read the two so close together because I couldn't help but to compare the writing, and Dancing Under the Red Stare, sadly, could not compare.

Karl Tobien, the author, is the son of the book's subject, Margaret Werner Tobien. In some cases, an author close to the subject is able to add depth to the story by virtue of personal knowledge and a more intimate understanding of the subject. Unfortunately, a lack of writing ability will trump all of that. It's not that Tobien is a terrible writer; he's adequate, I suppose. It's just that his level of writing ability can't really do justice to his mother's amazing story.

Margaret Werner moved to Gorky, Russia, when she was a little girl. Her father worked for Ford, and he moved to the factory's plant in Russia during the Great Depression, hoping to improve his family's situation. Unfortunately, things were even worse in Russia than they were back home. But Carl Werner was not one to go back on his word, so he kept his family in Russia.

Because he was American, he was eventually arrested and sent to a work camp. His family never saw him again. A few years later, Margaret was also arrested for treason and espionage. She spent ten years working as a prisoner. She survived, and eventually became the only American woman to survive the gulags (and this isn't a spoiler because it's right there in the title).

Margaret's survival is nothing short of miraculous, but Tobien's telling of his mother's story is oddly lackluster. He kept emphasizing that his mother was the only American in all of the camps. Who cares? Did she suffer more because she was American? Countless Russians died, too. Were their lives worth less? Stalin's cruelty knew no bounds; we've got that. Does it make him so much more of a monster because he wrongfully imprisoned an American woman?

I also had an issue with the title of the book. It led me to believe that there would be more about dance in it, like in Mao's Last Dancer . But there was no mention of dance until well into the second half of the book, and it was only a small part of the story even then.

Karl Tobein is a Christian, and his mother became a Christian later in her life, too. I can appreciate that the cruelty of the gulag helped her to believe in the existence of God, which primed her to believe in the gospel later on. But the inclusion of so many random references to God, with only brief mentions of Margaret's later faith in the appendices, made them seem tacked on just for the sake of mentioning God. I'm a Christian, so I can understand that urge, but if Tobien wanted to share her testimony of faith, I wish he would do it straight out and all at once, instead of scattering it throughout the book.

Ultimately, it's an amazing story that isn't told very well. I blame his editor.(less)

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May 23, 2012 Paul rated it 4 of 5 stars

A surprise read, this book has been sitting neglected on my shelf for a couple of years. How glad I am that I finally picked it up to discover a gripping story of an American survivor of Stalin’s Gulag. Margaret Tobien’s story is told in the first person in this account authored by her son Karl. Frankly, I don’t know where to start extracting from among the nuggets of this story, so I will string out some of the experiences that will continue to both haunt and inspire me.

Ford Motor Company shipp...more A surprise read, this book has been sitting neglected on my shelf for a couple of years. How glad I am that I finally picked it up to discover a gripping story of an American survivor of Stalin’s Gulag. Margaret Tobien’s story is told in the first person in this account authored by her son Karl. Frankly, I don’t know where to start extracting from among the nuggets of this story, so I will string out some of the experiences that will continue to both haunt and inspire me.

Ford Motor Company shipped 450 workers to Russia between 1930-1932 in order to develop and run an auto factory in the city of Gorky. Margaret remembers her Detroit childhood, the ocean liner voyage, and the dismal despair in the eyes of the people encountered in Moscow. However, she integrated successfully into the culture, learning Russian (the family already spoke German), eventually going to Russian schools, competing successfully in sports (swimming and gymnastics), and most significantly, forming many friendships.

When she was 17, she came home from school to find an ominous dark sedan in front of their apartment and entered to see her father being carried off to prison on trumped up charges of espionage. They never heard directly from him again, and only years after his death did they receive confirmation that he had died in prison—he died in 1942 but they didn’t find out until 1956! Because of her father’s arrest, Margaret was pressured to denounce him publically, and her bold refusal to do so put her under constant suspicion as well.

During the war, conditions were awful in Russia, and Margaret was mobilized to dig trenches and perform heavy work for the cause. It was only after the war that she was herself arrested in late 1945, also on false charges. Subjected to brutal conditions, interrogations, no information about her indictments, and psychological torture, Tobien was eventually sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in Siberia, virtually a death sentence for most people due to the harshness of the winters, work, food, and treatment.

Somehow, Margaret survived, and though her tale is reminiscent of Solzhenitsyn’s "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich," her story provides glimmers of occasional life, hope, and recognition of the mercies of God. Many fellow prisoners became true friends, and some were very famous people. Lina, the wife of composer Prokofiev was a soloist in the famous Kiev City Ballet and a close friend to Margaret. A certain Tamara in the camp became the catalyst for the formation of theater, music, and dance performances for the prison staff. They were so successful that one camp commandant for a time permitted that to become their work detail, and so a troupe of prisoners worked tirelessly to perform art to liven up their drab and hopeless existence. Margaret with her athleticism and experience in gymnastics learned ballet and performed with the group, hence the title "Dancing under the Red Star." I was reminded of the function of the arts in the German death camps in Poland, and certainly the arts provided some relief. Nonetheless, many prisoners, literally millions, died in the Gulag.

One horrible scene in the book tells of a member of the arts troupe who got pregnant and then had a fellow prisoner perform an abortion. The story is told in eyewitness detail, a gruesome and revolting experience that shook Margaret into new insight into the sanctity of newborn life.

When Stalin died, there was some improvement in camp life, at least in terms of morale; however, it was still a grim struggle. When release came, it was by stages and she was never truly free until with her husband, mother, and young son, Margaret was able to escape from East Berlin to the West, and after some years finally returning to the US. The story remains exciting to the end, and the author supplies us with some information about the rest of Margaret’s life, happily living out her days until her death in 1997. Karl informs us that even though his mother had a belief in God and recognized His mercy in keeping her through all her trials, it wasn’t until a few years before her death (1991) that she invited Christ into her life (p. 336). Her son Karl came to faith in Christ through the testimony of his mother and grandmother.

I suppose what stands out throughout is the undergirding love of God. When the prisoners were packed into unheated cattle cars for several days’ rail trip across bitterly cold Siberian wilderness, the prisoners were given no food. Locals at risk of their own freedom would slip little bits of their precious food through the slats of the cars. Little deeds of kindness and loyalty shone light into demonic darkness. Despite her harsh treatment, Margaret Tobein never lost her love for Russian people, most of whom shared in part the same miseries she underwent.

We are aware of Nazi atrocities, but the Stalin purges and the deep misery caused by Communism is a story less frequently told. If fact, when Margaret’s father took his family to Russia, he like many other Americans was attracted to the Socialist ideals. But that idealism cost him his life, and almost cost his daughter’s life as well.

Not until the author’s appendices is there a clear evangelical tone to the book. It is not basically a religious story. However, it is a story that does reveal the dark underside of political ideas and presents a very human perspective of unjust suffering, even genocide, and ultimately a form of redemption—for Margaret. The Russian people still suffer consequences of those dark days. Hopefully, this story helps the reader gain deeper insight into the reality of evil as well as of the beauty of trust, loyalty, hope, and friendship to mitigate and eventually by God’s grace overcome evil with good.
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Feb 21, 2013 Jehnie rated it 2 of 5 stars

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I'm very torn on how to rate this book. On the one hand, it is a story that deserves to be told. And it covers material that is little discussed by historians. On the other hand, this is NOT an academic history. At all.

The story revolves around Margaret Werner who went to Gorky with her father in 1932 so he could work for the Ford created factory there. Because of The Terror her father was arrested and died in the Gulag system. Later, Margaret was arrested and served her ten years in Siberian wo...more

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Oct 21, 2008 Katie_marie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: europe, history, memoir, non-fiction

An incredible story of surviving Russia under Stalin. Margaret Werner had the attitude that allowed her to stay alive in the most terrible conditions that she had done nothing to deserve. Living as a prisoner forced to do hard labour she became innovative, gained a faith in God and the ability to dance. This memoir shows it is never too late.

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Mar 25, 2012 Keith rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Margaret Werner Tobien experienced horror and sorrow during the course of her life to degrees the human heart would rather not consider. Still, she prevailed when most others did not. Why was this? Was it luck? I don't think so; neither did she. Rather, I think it was because of something very special she had inside, something not easily explained. This was an excerpt from Karl Tobein, author of the book and son of Margaret. I was truly captivated with Margaret and her story. From her idyllic ch...more

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Jul 30, 2007 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Wow...what an interesting story and one that is true! After reading this, one can truly appreciate all the things we take for granted. The writing is just *fair* but the subject matter is definitely worth the read. I had no idea Henry Ford sent over Americans to help Stalin develop automobile factories, what is worse the Ford company did not follow up or help them!???! Note: author expresses his religious bias.

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Nov 10, 2008 Heidi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Great story of heroism.

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Jan 16, 2011 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved Tobien's account of the truly amazing life of his mother, Margaret Werner. The turn of every page was a constant reminder of how grateful I am to live in a free country. I admire her strength and resolve - how many of us could endure one intensely painful dissapointment, tragedy, etc. after another and not only have the persistence to go on living but also to be able to maintain a firm belief in a loving God?

We could spend a lifetime analyzing the better political system as it seems mor...more

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Jan 17, 2008 Shauna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another of my book club books. Very good read--true story of a American girl growing up in Stalinist Russia, and her incarceration and eventual release from the Siberian Gulag. Harsh and brutal, yet full of hope and faith as Margaret develops a belief and relationship with God.

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May 06, 2008 Monica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Amazing story of an American woman who moved with her family to the Soviet Union in 1932, grew up there, was arrested in 1945, and spent 10 years in hard labor camps in Siberia. Contains many details about the gulag as well as Margaret's own story of survival and faith.

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Jan 24, 2008 Lori rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was such an amazing TRUE story of survival. It's also a story that most have never heard of. Who knew that Ford had Americans in Russia and never helped save them? Sheer will and through God's faith Margaret Tobien survived. Read the story and learn more...

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Feb 27, 2011 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: all youth and adults

Recommended to Melissa by: Kasey

Courage, inner strength, and resourcefulness were the main themes of this amazing true story of an American girl caught in the political nightmare of Stalin's Russia. I thought this book was well written especially since it read as first person but was truly written from the subject's son. Writing not only someone else's tale but also that other person be your mom and another gender seems quite a feat. I enjoyed it immensely. Some of my favorite quotes from this book are:

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Jul 27, 2007 Caity Murray rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: History Buffs and fans of biographies

This book was an interesting biography of a woman who lived through being a prisoner of a Russian Gulag during Stalin's reign. I found it so amazing how she could stay strong and not give up hope of one day being free.

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Jun 29, 2008 Valerie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Valerie by: Book Club

Thought detemination and finding her own faith, Margaret Werner'life story is inspiering.

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Jan 08, 2008 Natascha rated it 4 of 5 stars

I didn't even know this happened! So much for history class. Great book, very informative.

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Nov 05, 2007 Christy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I had no idea these atrocities happened to American citizens without America intervening.

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Jan 31, 2011 Kasey rated it 5 of 5 stars

In 1932, 11 year old Margaret moved to Gorky, Russia with her parents. Her father decided to move them there to work in a Ford car plant. The depression was going in the US, and Margaret's father saw this as an opportunity. Little did he know what he would expect when they arrived. Russia was living in terror of Stalin. It was not a great time for anyone to be there. Although this job was supposed to be for a year, Margaret and her family lived in Gorky while her father worked at the plant for s...more

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Jun 11, 2008 Neven strmski added it · review of another edition

very inspirational and interestinig history of Stalinist Russia

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Jun 14, 2007 Emmey rated it 2 of 5 stars

Not well written, but interesting perspective on the Russian gulag.

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Jun 07, 2011 Sheri rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am always inspired by stories of personal hardship and the ability to overcome even in the worst of circumstances. Margaret and her mother were able to see the hand of God through all the difficulties they faced. Neither one of them wanted to go to Russia...it was Margaret's father's decision. They were American and his high hopes for working in another country were naive; to know that life could have been different and that a simple decision (the wrong one)could lead to YEARS of unnecessary h...more

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Aug 22, 2011 Kara rated it 2 of 5 stars

I would maybe give this a 2.5 if i could. It's written by her son and told as if she's telling the story to someone but there is just so much wrong with the flow and...ok all my english nerd friends are going to laugh here...mechanics or some other english word that i couldn't read it easily. It hopped and skipped and it was no fun. There are other books on the Gulag that are better and it didn't really contain anything i hadn't already learned. it might be a good beginner book for those who wan...more

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Jul 21, 2007 Joanna rated it 5 of 5 stars

who would have thought this lady was a Christian.

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Sep 19, 2011 Kyote4me rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was an interesting and quick read, but this memoir by Margaret Werner's son lacked the passion needed to give it four stars.

This book does detail the incredible strength two women, Margaret and her mother, They summoned the courage to not only cope with extreme hopelessness but survive under appalling living conditions and injustices imposed on them by Stalin's purge. I have read other books by Gulag survivors who were Russians, but none by an American abandoned by America to her unjust fa...more

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Jan 04, 2009 La Petite Américaine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: kicked_ass, biography

Incredible story of survival, a fast read, and especially interesting for those like me who have a morbid fascination with Communism/The Cold War.

The title is pretty self-explanatory: the story of the only American woman to survive Stalin's Siberian gulags and eventually return to the USA. However, reading the end notes and coming to the "Challenge to the Reader," in which the author (the son of the camp survivor who has written his mother's tale and she told it to him) encourages the reader to...more

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