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| Title: | Old Brown Suitcase
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| Author: | Lillian Boraks-Nemetz |
| ISBN: | 1553800575 : 9781553800576 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 135x195mm |
| Pages: | 202 |
| Weight: | .26 Kg. |
| Published: | Ronsdale Press - March 2008 |
| List Price: | 6.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Historical fiction |
Ages 10 & over. "The Old Brown Suitcase", an award-winning book that has sold extraordinarily well both nationally and internationally, now appears in a new edition. The novel narrates the absorbing story of a young girl who survived the Holocaust against all odds. Slava, a fourteen-year-old teen, comes to Canada with her parents and sister and a suitcase filled with memories of a lost childhood, memories that now haunt her new life. She cannot forget the hunger, stench and disease in the Warsaw Ghetto, nor the fear and humiliation of being incarcerated behind a high brick wall. She cannot forget her extraordinary escape from the Ghetto, leaving behind her beloved parents and sister. Nor can she forget being swallowed up in a strange and unknown place to survive under a hidden identity. The story juxtaposes heart-wrenching scenes from a child's life in war-torn Poland with the life of a teenager trying to adjust to a new country in time of peace. In Canada, it is not easy for Slava to build a bridge between two cultures; nor is it easy to live with the turmoil of her immediate past. At the same time she must face the new challenges involved in being an immigrant, a Jew and a teenage girl. Historical notes on the Warsaw ghetto and a bibliography for future reading have been appended for those who wish further insights.
