My sister's mother
| Titel: | My sister's mother : a memoir of war, exile, and Stalin's Sibera / Donna Solecka Urbikas |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Madison, Wisconsin; London, United Kingdom : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016] |
| Umfang: | xiv, 302 Seiten : Illustrationen, 1 Karte |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9780299308506 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- Preface
- p. xi
- Map
- p. 2
- Introduction
- p. 3
- Part 1
- The Generation between the Wars
- The Haunting Past
- p. 9
- Uneasy Peace
- p. 13
- The Interview
- p. 18
- Hiding
- p. 21
- Lost Lives Regained
- p. 25
- Birth into War
- p. 30
- Polish School
- p. 33
- The First World War
- p. 35
- Mothers
- p. 38
- Walenty and Natalia
- p. 41
- Operation Marriage
- p. 46
- Cradling Death
- p. 50
- The Farm
- p. 54
- Uncertainty
- p. 59
- Train Travel
- p. 66
- Part 2
- Russia and Siberia
- The Lieutenant
- p. 73
- The Impact
- p. 78
- The Arrest
- p. 81
- Family Secrets
- p. 90
- Soviet Labor Camp
- p. 95
- Majorettes and Identity
- p. 100
- Prison without Bars
- p. 102
- The Longing
- p. 109
- Undeserved Beauty
- p. 115
- Homeland
- p. 124
- Fleeting Summer Breezes and Conspiracies
- p. 126
- Terms of Endearment
- p. 135
- The Human Commodity Market
- p. 138
- A Less Than Normal Childhood
- p. 145
- Part 3
- Choices and Destiny
- Amnesty
- p. 169
- The Fittest Survive
- p. 178
- Religion
- p. 183
- The Guardian
- p. 186
- A Man of Honor
- p. 190
- Under Naked Skies
- p. 192
- Not Me
- p. 202
- Death in Small Doses
- p. 206
- Like No Other
- p. 211
- Numbing Existence
- p. 216
- War and Mental Illness
- p. 226
- From Here to Hell
- p. 232
- Part 4
- Bittersweet Lessons
- I, as Savior?
- p. 241
- India
- p. 247
- The World at War
- p. 252
- England
- p. 255
- The Land of White Rice and Cinnamon
- p. 260
- Forever the Farm
- p. 265
- Reconciliation
- p. 270
- King Takes Rook
- p. 276
- Epilogue
- On Being a Mother
- p. 283
- Notes
- p. 287
- References
- p. 293
- Index
- p. 297
