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We were the lucky ones : a novel, Georgia Hunter

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An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separated at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive--and to reunite. It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety. As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere. A novel of breathtaking sweep and scope that spans five continents and six years and transports readers from the jazz clubs of Paris to Kraków's most brutal prison to the ports of Northern Africa and the farthest reaches of the Siberian gulag, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century's darkest moment, the human spirit can find a way to survive, and even triumph
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eng
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (15 hr., 42 min., 48 sec.))
Isbn
9781524751968
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We were the lucky ones : a novel
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We were the lucky ones
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a novel
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Georgia Hunter
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
An extraordinary, propulsive novel based on the true story of a family of Polish Jews who are separated at the start of the Second World War, determined to survive--and to reunite. It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety. As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere. A novel of breathtaking sweep and scope that spans five continents and six years and transports readers from the jazz clubs of Paris to Kraków's most brutal prison to the ports of Northern Africa and the farthest reaches of the Siberian gulag, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century's darkest moment, the human spirit can find a way to survive, and even triumph
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1978-
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Hunter, Georgia
Dewey number
813/.6
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LC call number
PS3608.U59279
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fiction
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Read by Robert Fass and Kathleen Gati
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1957-
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  • Fass, Robert
  • Gati, Kathleen
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  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust survivors
  • Jews, Polish
  • Jewish families
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust survivors
  • Jewish families
  • Jews, Polish
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We were the lucky ones : a novel, Georgia Hunter
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (15 hr., 42 min., 48 sec.))
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online
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Isbn
9781524751968
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We were the lucky ones : a novel, Georgia Hunter
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Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (15 hr., 42 min., 48 sec.))
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unknown
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9781524751968
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not applicable
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not applicable
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rdamedia
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  • c
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