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Summary: A read in one sitting book.
Review: This slim memoir tells the story of Helga, a woman, who as a child was abandoned during WWII by her mother. Since her mother left her, her brother and their father to join the Nazi party, Helga has had questions she needs answered. After a brief meeting in the `70s, Helga is visiting her now ninety year old mother again, in order for some closure. The story goes back and forth from the present conversation with her mother to flashbacks from the war. The story is an emotional rollercoaster. It's the sort of book that needs to be read all in one sitting to get the full effect. Not the best piece of Holocaust literature I've read, but you still take something away with you.