false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179006667m/865021.jpg 865021 1 <div><div><b>A stunning memoir of a mother and her daughter&#8217;s survival in WWII and their subsequent lifelong struggle with faith</b></div><div><b> </div></b><div><div>In this captivating and elegantly illustrated graphic memoir, Miriam Katin retells the story of her and her mother&#8217;s escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest. With her father off fighting for the Hungarian army and the German troops quickly approaching, Katin and her mother are forced to flee to the countryside after faking their deaths. Leaving behind all of their belongings and loved ones, and<br>unable to tell anyone of their whereabouts, they disguise themselves as a Russian servant and illegitimate child, while literally staying a few steps ahead of the German soldiers.</div><div><br><i>We Are on Our Own </i>is a woman&#8217;s attempt to rebuild her earliest childhood trauma in order to come to an understanding of her lifelong questioning of faith. Katin&#8217;s faith is shaken as she wonders how God could create and tolerate such a wretched world, a world of fear and hiding, bargaining and theft, betrayal and abuse. The complex and horrific experiences on the run are difficult for a child to understand, and as a child, Katin saw them with the simple longing, sadness, and<br>curiosity she felt when her dog ran away or a stranger made her mother cry. Katin&#8217;s ensuing lifelong struggle with faith is depicted throughout the book in beautiful full-color sequences. </div><div><br><i>We Are on Our Own </i>is the first full-length graphic novel by Katin, at the age of sixty-three.</div></div></div> 850423 16 5 2006 We Are On Our Own total:113|5:20|4:40|3:42|2:8|1:3| 113 405 156 22 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 04:45:44 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 04:52:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 17:56:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 17:56:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 09:29:29 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 09:29:29 -0800 2007 Maus series has done is so brilliantly.

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The story has been pieced together from her own recollection of when she was a child on the run, but also from conversations and letters.

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Some sexual exploitation and gang rape, however, its not explicit. ]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 18 13:31:13 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:43:09 -0700 2009 1
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It was an interesting story, and I liked the way the author used B&W and Color blocks to separate past and present.

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The illustration style reminded me of Raymond Briggs, but nothing at all about the narrative did!]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 13 17:57:03 -0800 2009 Fri May 08 14:02:38 -0700 2009 here.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 30 16:10:57 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 16:13:03 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=865021