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ISBN-10: 0299308545
ISBN-13: 9780299308544
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publish Date: 02/19/2019
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H

My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia

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In the 1950s, baby boomer Donna Solecka Urbikas grew up in the American Midwest yearning for a normal American family. But during World War II, her Polish-born mother and half sister had endured hunger, disease, and desperate escape from slave labor in Siberia. War and exile created a profound bond between mother and older daughter, one that Donna would struggle to find with either of them. In this unforgettable memoir, Donna recounts her family history and her own survivor’s story, finally understanding the damaged mother who had saved her sister.

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Poignant and empowering. ... Refreshingly honest ... about the effects that war has on its survivors and inevitably their children. –Polish American Journal
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Details

ISBN-10: 0299308545
ISBN-13: 9780299308544
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publish Date: 02/19/2019
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H
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