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This is such a vivid, captivating story and it's beautifully written. Engrossing.
In spite of, or maybe because of the its subject matter, certain moments and details have a lot of charm and insight. It's in the voice of a ten year-old Polish girl but it's a memoir so its real perspective must be with the benefit of hindsight and survival.
p.2 What I ate for breakfast on school mornings was one buttered roll--a soft roll, not a hard roll--and one cup of cocoa; any attempt to alter this menu I rega ...more
In spite of, or maybe because of the its subject matter, certain moments and details have a lot of charm and insight. It's in the voice of a ten year-old Polish girl but it's a memoir so its real perspective must be with the benefit of hindsight and survival.
p.2 What I ate for breakfast on school mornings was one buttered roll--a soft roll, not a hard roll--and one cup of cocoa; any attempt to alter this menu I rega ...more
"One of my favorite WWII era memoirs - a young girl is sent from Poland to Siberia."
That is all I wrote on Goodreads for my first reading of The Endless Steppe in the 1990's. The book moved me deeply and I am grateful I was able to read it again this year, 2021.
Esther was a young child when her home was invaded by Russian soldiers. She and her family had only a few minutes to gather whatever they would take with them. They were put into a cattle car and traveled for weeks to their new home in S ...more
That is all I wrote on Goodreads for my first reading of The Endless Steppe in the 1990's. The book moved me deeply and I am grateful I was able to read it again this year, 2021.
Esther was a young child when her home was invaded by Russian soldiers. She and her family had only a few minutes to gather whatever they would take with them. They were put into a cattle car and traveled for weeks to their new home in S ...more
