Bibliograph

A childhood adrift, René Goldman

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Label

A childhood adrift, René Goldman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A childhood adrift

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

René Goldman

Series statement

The Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. IX

Summary

"In the 1930s, René Goldman grows up entranced with theatre, music, languages and geography. Enveloped by his parents' love and protection, he wanders the streets and alleys of Luxembourg and Brussels, carefree and prone to mischief. Yet as he starts hearing adults speak the words "deportation" and "resettlement," René is forced to grapple with a strange, new reality. In 1942, when his family flees to France, eight-year-old René is separated from his parents and shunted between children's homes and convents, where he must hide both his identity and his mounting anxiety. As René waits and waits for his parents to return, even liberation day does not feel like freedom. An eloquent personal narrative detailed with historical research and intuitive observations, A Childhood Adrift explores identity, closure, disillusionment and the anguish of silenced emotions."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword -- Luxembourg -- Belgium -- In France -- Vendœuvres -- Les Besses -- Lyon -- The last summer -- Liberation and change -- To Paris and beyond -- English interlude -- Le Raincy and Livry-Gargan -- Vacation in Poland -- Farewell to France -- Challenges and friendships -- China beckons -- Afterword -- Poems

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