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Cargando... The Snow Harepor Paula Lichtarowicz
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The Snow Hare is a beautifully written story of a Polish woman at the end of her life as she remembers her past and the love she experienced during her lifetime. It was a bit disorienting in the beginning, but once I knew what was happening, I became engrossed in her story. Living in Poland when the Soviets invaded, her life was turned upside down when her family was sent to a Siberian camp. As she recounts her years, readers will meet a young woman with dreams of becoming a doctor, a reluctant bride and later a young mother with a fierce love for her child. As she ages, her heart softens and it seems she has a bigger capacity for love. The proof of this is how her life has settled as she lays dying. The loved ones by her side are her reward for a life well lived—one of heartache, love and forgiveness. This was a wonderful story for the snowy, rainy days we have been having and has a calming, yet sober tone overall. Many thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown & Company for allowing me to read an advance copy. I am happy to offer my honest review and recommend this book to readers. Lena lies on her deathbed, stuck betwixt the harsh realities of life and the comfort and heartache lurking in her memories. Preparing to leave worldly life behind, she reminisces about life growing up under the shadow of war. Lena dreamed of becoming a doctor, but opportunities for a young woman in 20th century Poland were limited. Thrust into a life and marriage she never wanted, Lena has to find her inner strength when everything she has ever loved is threatened by World War II. The Snow Hare is an illuminating historical fiction novel, based loosely on the life of Lichtarowicz’s grandmother. The style is coldly descriptive, somewhat remote but intensely focused on the plight of Poland and its people during hostile rule. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, alongside her husband and child. But as her end approaches, buried memories begin to return. Of her childhood in Poland, and her passion for science. Of the early days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. Memories less welcome return, too. Her Polish village, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her entire family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most haunting memory of all: that of an extraordinary new love"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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