Can I read Remember This Time on EtoBox?

Remember This Time by Gloria Kurian Broder and Bill Broder is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Remember This Time about?

Based on research, oral history tapes and interviews, <i>Remember This Time</i> recreates Western Russia during the First World War and Bolshevik Revolution through the powerful, yet intimate story of the Chodorov family from 1914 through 1919. At the center is Kala, the second oldest of four daughters, a patriotic and spirited sixteen year old when the novel begins, a young woman characteristic of the hardworking, energetic life of the times, devoted and proud of her family, her traditions, and her home town of Lyesk. As war escalates and the Russians enforce a scorched earth policy, Kala's beloved Lyesk--in the midst of what was known as the Pale of Jewish Settlement--is destroyed. Against her mother's wishes, she becomes a refugee, joins her Russian countrymen on their retreat into Great Russia while her sisters and parents hide in the woods to await the advancing German armies and plan to rebuild their burnt-out home under the new government. With drama, humor; care for historical detail, and a story-telling magic, the authors make one feel so close to the people of the time that it is like hearing the story of one's own family. They follow Kala on her grueling march, during he

Author

Gloria Kurian Broder and Bill Broder

Publisher

New York: Newmarket Press

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780937858233

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities