Yet another tale of survival in horrible conditions during WWII and how lives were rebuilt afterwards. Excellent memoir!

Dobryd, by Ann Charney, tells the story of Jewish survivors of WWII in Poland through the eyes of a young child. I really connected with the author, since I have been told, what my relatives lived through in their own village, located in Polish Galicia, close to that of the author. After living for over 2 years, hiding out in a barn, a 5 yr old girl is finally rescued by Russian soldiers along with her mother and aunt. We learn how the lives of this small family group have changed by the war and how they now have to adjust to their new circumstances. The mother and aunt were daughters of a wealthy Polish landowner. Now, their house and village are destroyed they, along with all the remaining inhabitants, struggle to regain a normal life. Not feeling comfortable in their home village, they move several times as bad memories, that never leave, make them fear a new life in Poland.
A very engaging story from a different perspective

Dobryd

by Ann Charney

Open Road Integrated Media



Biographies & Memoirs

Pub Date 14 Apr 2015 | Archive Date 15 May 2017



I am reviewing Dobryd through the publisher and Netgalley:

By the time she was five, she had spent half her life hidden inside a barn where her family was hidden.

They left the loft in the middle of the night, after liberation her life begins anew, and she greedily gulps down the food she is offered, often getting sick for hours afterwards.

Two months later as the Russians advanced they were told to leave the village. They stayed in an army camp for a time but would go back to Dobryd.

Dobryd is the story of one families fight to get back to a normal life, after being hidden inside a barn for over two and a half years.

Five out of five stars.

Happy Reading.