The Endless Steppe

Rating:
Summary: An Old Favorite
Review: I've just ordered this book for my daughter. I haven't read The Endless Steppe in more than 30 years but I still remember the impact it had on me. Clearly, it marked a turning point in my understanding that; there were girls my age in other parts of the world living a life very different from my own.

To this day I carry images in my mind created by Esther Hautzig of survival, unraveling sweaters to knit new ones and writing between the lines of old newspapers. Yet the main character was so much a girl like me.

Rating:
Summary: A Moving Account
Review: Well read by the narrator. This is a moving account of exile in Siberia during WW II. For all the hardships of life in Siberian exile, realistically captured here, it gave freedom and survival. Should be listening for everyone.

We took it along as installments on several trips, made them something to look forward to.

For all ages with life.