Life Writing Ser.: Becoming My Mother's Daughter : A Story of Survival and Renewal by Erika Gottlieb (2008, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherWilfrid Laurier University Press

ISBN-101554580307

ISBN-139781554580309

eBay Product ID (ePID)64331828

Product Key Features

Number of Pages188 Pages

Publication NameBecoming My Mother's Daughter : a Story of Survival and Renewal

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHolocaust, Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood, Historical, Jewish

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorErika Gottlieb

SeriesLife Writing Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsIn this deeply moving memoir, Erika Gottlieb--thinly veiled as her narrator Eva--evokes the trauma of her childhood and youth in Hungary during the Second World War, the miracle of her survival, and her triumphant emigration to Canada as a young woman. In writing of herself and probing her formative influences, Gottlieb also writes of her grandmother, her mother, and her two sisters. She weaves a compellingly honest narrative of three generations of women whose personal narratives inform and enrich one another. Eva's grief following the death of her beloved mother leads her to revisit painful wartime memories. As Eva finally realizes, reconciliation is made possible by the sustaining love of her mother--an inspiring and redemptive love that she bequeaths to her own children., In this deeply moving memoir, Erika Gottlieb-thinly veiled as her narrator Eva-evokes the trauma of her childhood and youth in Hungary during the Second World War, the miracle of her survival, and her triumphant emigration to Canada as a young woman. In writing of herself and probing her formative influences, Gottlieb also writes of her grandmother, her mother, and her two sisters. She weaves a compellingly honest narrative of three generations of women whose personal narratives inform and enrich one another. Eva's grief following the death of her beloved mother leads her to revisit painful wartime memories. As Eva finally realizes, reconciliation is made possible by the sustaining love of her mother-an inspiring and redemptive love that she bequeaths to her own children.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal971.3/54104092

Table Of ContentTable of Contents for Becoming My Mother's Daughter: A Story of Survival and Renewal by Erika Gottlieb The Bridge The Maze The Tunnel, 1913-1944 The Tunnel, 1944-1945 The Tunnel, 1952-1982 The Handbag

SynopsisBecoming My Mother's Daughter: A Story of Survival and Renewal tells the story of three generations of a Jewish Hungarian family whose fate has been inextricably bound up with the turbulent history of Europe, from the First World War through the Holocaust and the communist takeover after World War II, to the family's dramatic escape and emmigration to Canada. The emotional centre and narrative voice of the story belong to Eva, an artist, dreamer, and writer trying to work through her complex and deep relationship with her mother, whose portrait she cannot paint until she completes her journey through memory. The core of the book is Eva's riveting recollection of the last months of World War II in Budapest, seen through a child's eyes, and is reminiscent in its power of scenes in Joy Kogawa's Obasan . Exploring the bond between generations of mothers and daughters, the book illustrates the struggle between the need for independence and the search for continuity, the significant impact of childhood on adult life, the reshaping of personality in immigration, the importance of dreams in making us face reality, and the redemptive power of memory. Illustrations by the author throughout the book, some in colour, enhance the story., Tells the story of three generations of a Jewish Hungarian family whose fate has been inextricably bound up with the turbulent history of Europe, from the First World War through the Holocaust and the communist takeover after World War II, to the family's dramatic escape and emmigration to Canada.