My Sister's Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia
University of Wisconsin Press, 2019
Paper: 978-0-299-30854-4 | eISBN: 978-0-299-30858-2 | Cloth: 978-0-299-30850-6
Library of Congress Classification D810.D5U735 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.531450923919
Paper: 978-0-299-30854-4 | eISBN: 978-0-299-30858-2 | Cloth: 978-0-299-30850-6
Library of Congress Classification D810.D5U735 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.531450923919
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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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