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The May Beetles: My First Twenty Years

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The May Beetles: My First Twenty Years by Baba Schwartz is a poignant memoir detailing the author's vivid experiences growing up in Hungary during the turbulent years of the 1920s to 1940s. Schwartz paints a rich picture of her childhood and the challenges faced by her Jewish family in an era marked by societal upheavals and war. With heartfelt storytelling, she captures both the joys and adversities of her early life.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy poignant and personal stories that vividly capture the challenges and resilience of a young girl's life during turbulent historical times. You might like it for its heartfelt reflections and the intimate glimpse it offers into the author's formative years amidst adversity.

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Full of love amid hatred, hope amid despair, The May Beetles is sure to touch your heart.

Baba Schwartz's story began before the Holocaust could have been imagined. As a spirited girl in a warm and loving Jewish family, she lived a normal life in a small town in eastern Hungary. In The May Beetles, Baba describes the innocence and excitement of her childhood, remembering her early years with verve and emotion.

But then unspeakable horror. Baba tells of the shattering of her family and their community from 1944, when the Germans transported the 3000 Jews of her town to Auschwitz. She lost her father to the gas chambers, yet she, her mother and her two sisters survived this concentration camp and several others to which they were transported as slave labour. They eventually escaped the final death march and were liberated by the advancing Russian army. But despite the suffering, Baba writes about this period with the same directness, freshness and honesty as she writes about her childhood.

Full of love amid hatred, hope amid despair, The May Beetles is sure to touch your heart.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781863958455

Publisher: Black Inc.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 July 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Black Inc.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 144.0mm

Height: 217.0mm

Weight: 580g

Pages: 294

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