My sister's mother : a memoir of war, exile, and Stalin's Sibera /
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| Author / Creator: | Urbikas, Donna Solecka, author. |
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| Imprint: | Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | xiv, 302 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10944549 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Map
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Generation between the Wars
- The Haunting Past
- Uneasy Peace
- The Interview
- Hiding
- Lost Lives Regained
- Birth into War
- Polish School
- The First World War
- Mothers
- Walenty and Natalia
- Operation Marriage
- Cradling Death
- The Farm
- Uncertainty
- Train Travel
- Part 2. Russia and Siberia
- The Lieutenant
- The Impact
- The Arrest
- Family Secrets
- Soviet Labor Camp
- Majorettes and Identity
- Prison without Bars
- The Longing
- Undeserved Beauty
- Homeland
- Fleeting Summer Breezes and Conspiracies
- Terms of Endearment
- The Human Commodity Market
- A Less Than Normal Childhood
- Part 3. Choices and Destiny
- Amnesty
- The Fittest Survive
- Religion
- The Guardian
- A Man of Honor
- Under Naked Skies
- Not Me
- Death in Small Doses
- Like No Other
- Numbing Existence
- War and Mental Illness
- From Here to Hell
- Part 4. Bittersweet Lessons
- I, as Savior?
- India
- The World at War
- England
- The Land of White Rice and Cinnamon
- Forever the Farm
- Reconciliation
- King Takes Rook
- Epilogue
- On Being a Mother
- Notes
- References
- Index
