Grace in the Wilderness

Grace in the Wilderness

By Aranka Siegal

Pages

240

Rating

3.90

Year

1985

HistoryMemoirBiographyBiography MemoirHolocaustJewish

Description

Because she is Jewish, 14-year-old Piri has been held prisoner in Nazi concentration camps for two years. She is freed when Bergen-Belsen is liberated, but she is very ill and has deep psychological scars. In a voice full of innocence and courage, Piri tells how she got through the first years after the Holocaust.

Piri and her sisters are taken by the Red Cross to Sweden, where people prove to be most generous and humane. But Piri still longs for her home in Hungary. As she makes friends, falls in love, and goes to live with a Swedish foster family, Piri shares her most intimate feelings and thoughts.