A crisis of faith follows a mother and daughter in this beautifully rendered, harrowing WWII memoir
With the heartrending We Are on Our Own, Miriam Katin recounts the story of her escape from German-occupied Hungary as a child, led by her determined mother. The two fled Budapest near the end of WWII and at the age of sixty-three Katin enshrined her memory in these extraordinary pages, originally published in hardcover more than fifteen years ago.
In 1944, Miriam is a toddler beloved by her dog Rexy, but when her mother is forced to give up their -Jewish dog- to the German authorities, Miriam-s world begins to unravel. The two flee to the countryside after faking their deaths and traversing lands blanketed with snow. Miriam-s fragmented childhood memories of forests, chocolate, strange men, and the noise of war are reconstituted in this beautifully told epic journey where the innocence of a child is set against unthinkable violence.
Another crisis,
