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The Kurc family shouldn't have survived the Holocaust. In the spring of 1939 three generations are living relatively normal lives in Poland, despite the hardships Jews face. When war breaks out and the family is cast to the wind, the five Kurc siblings do everything they can to find their way through a devastated continent to freedom.Addy, a musician, charms his way into possession of a Brazilian visa and into the first class piano lounge on a ship full of refugees bound for Rio; Jakob marries the love of his life in an abandoned house to a soundtrack of air sirens; Mila hides her daughter in a Catholic convent outside of Warsaw, only to return weeks later to find the convent in ruins; Genek endures a brutal winter in a Siberian gulag before embarking with his wife and newborn son on a year-long exodus through Persia to fight for the Allies; and Halina attempts to flee over the Austrian Alps on foot - while pregnant. All this, across continents and often in ignorance as to the fate of the rest of their family, while the wheels of war turn. We Were the Lucky Ones is a profoundly moving and memorable novel based on the author's family experiences.Read More

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  • Foyles

    Based on the unforgettable story of one family determined to survive war-torn Europe1939. Three generations of the Kurc family strive to live normal lives despite the growing hardships they face as Jews. But as the realities of war rush to meet them, they are cast to the wind and must do everything they can to find their way through a devastated continent to freedom. Based on an incredible true story that ranges from pre-war Parisian jazz clubs to the desolation of the Siberian gulag, and follows the Kurc family as refugees, prisoners and fighters, We Were the Lucky Ones is a testament to the notion that even in the darkest of times, the human spirit can find a way to survive, and even triumph.

  • BookDepository

    We Were the Lucky Ones : Paperback : Allison & Busby : 9780749021986 : 0749021985 : 21 Sep 2017 : Inspired by one family's extraordinary wartime story, for anyone enthralled by The Tattooist of Auschwitz 1939. Three generations of the Kurc family strive to live normal lives despite the growing hardships they face as Jews. But as war rushes to meet them, they are cast to the wind and must find their way through a devastated continent to freedom.

  • 0749021985
  • 9780749021986
  • Georgia Hunter
  • 21 September 2017
  • ALLISON & BUSBY
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 448
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