Bøger af Anneros Valensi

Anneros Valensi grew up in East Germany during World War II where the family had to live under cruel Russian occupancy. Then her family was evicted to West Germany in 1946. They arrived in a ruined, bombed-out country with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The main thing Valensi remembers about this time is her gnawing hunger, fear of war, and the trauma of an unsettled life. Valensi chronicles her childhood and adolescence -and her initial, entrancing glimpse of the West -in the first volume of her powerful memoir: Where Is Home? How a Childhood in East Germany during World War II Shaped My Life. Now, she continues the story with Finding Happiness in America: How My Adopted Country Healed my Life. You will feel Valensi's fascination with American culture when she first lands in New York City. Valensi's narrative begins as an international adventure then turns into a powerful love story about soul mates and the joys of motherhood. Along the way, Valensi expresses thanks for her adopted country and the many opportunities life gave her. Valensi's work showcases her infectious and unstoppable optimism. She has faced many challenges in her life, but she instinctively knows that the only way to overcome them is to seize every opportunity and appreciate every day.

World War II interrupted Anneros Valensis childhood. Born in East Germany in 1938, she was just six years old when the war and its fallout struck her and her family. In Where is Home? she shares the story of how she survived the miseries of war. In a narrative told from the perspective of a six-year-old child, this memoir shares the realities of what life was like during that time and what needed to be done to stay alive. Valensi tells the stories of war, beginning with the cruel Russian occupation of her homeland, the trauma of an unsettled life, her familys move to West Germany in 1946, the drafting of her father into the army, and life with her mother and four siblings when there was scant food and no shelter. Where is Home? follows Valensi as she seeks a new life first in London and then later in the United States. Providing stark, firsthand insight into the realities of war, Where is Home? tells one familys story, the challenges they encountered, and the long-term effects on their psyches.