{"product_id":"letters-from-the-lost-a-memoir-of-discovery-9781897425534","title":"Letters from the Lost: A Memoir of Discovery","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn March 15, 1939, Helen Waldstein’s father snatched his stampedexit visa from a distracted clerk to escape from Prague with his wifeand child. As the Nazis closed in on a war-torn Czechoslovakia, onlyletters from their extended family could reach Canada through thebarriers of conflict. The Waldstein family received these letters asthey made their lives on a southern Ontario farm, where they learned tobe Canadian and forget their Jewish roots. \u003cp\u003eHelen Waldstein read these letters as an adult – this changedeverything. As her past refused to keep silent, Helen followed thetrail of the letters back to Europe, where she discovered livingwitnesses who could attest to the letters’ contents. She has hereinterwoven their stories and her own into a compelling narrative ofsuffering, survivor guilt, and overcoming intergenerational obstacleswhen exploring a traumatic past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily Tree\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening the Box\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving Home\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLetters to Antwerp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting Over\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLetters to Canada\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearching In Europe: 1997–1998\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Aunts and Uncles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Grandparents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar Breaks Out\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Family Copes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Letters Stop\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter the War\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding Home\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearching for Family Again\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearching for Family One Last Time\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864144314711,"sku":"9781897425534","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781897425534.jpg?v=1759921625","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/letters-from-the-lost-a-memoir-of-discovery-9781897425534","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}