The Polish Girl

Name: The Polish Girl
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Malka Adler
ISBN: 9780008542382

Author: Malka Adler

Narrator: Rachel Atkins

Unabridged: 11 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One More Chapter

Published: 06/07/2022

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jewish Fiction, Family Life, Military Fiction

Synopsis

In the eye of the war That tore the world apart A mother wants a son A daughter needs a mother Winter 1939: Her secret is their salvation, but what Danusha remembers most is the solitude, with only her baby brother and the girl in the mirror for company. All Anna ever wanted was a firstborn son. All Danusha ever wanted was a mother who would love her like a firstborn son. Instead she got one who could look a Nazi straight in the eye but not into the eyes of her own daughter. It is only years later, when their neighbours gather in the living room to hear Anna’s stories, that Danusha finally realises her mother was never a cold unknowable sea but a storm-wracked sky – sometimes bright, sometimes dark, and always watching over her. The Polish Girl The Brothers of Auschwitz

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren

When the Germans invade Poland in 1939, life for Danusha and her family changes forever. Her father goes into hiding, her mother altered her two children’s first names and their last name to Kwiatkowski. Anna Kwiatkowski manages to find a job as a cook for a German doctor, Dr. Helmutt Sopp is a psyc......more

Goodreads review by Louise

Winter, 1939: Danusha and her family are forced to flee their home when the Nazis invade Poland. Danusha's mother, Anna, changes her name and and secures a position as housekeeper in a German Doctors mansion in Krakow where Gestapo meetings are hosted in the kitchen. Her secret is their salvation, b......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly

This book was a real let down. I gave “The Brothers of Auschwitz” five stars, but this book wasn’t nearly as good. The writing was disjointed and choppy. I never connected with the characters and found myself struggling to finish.......more

Goodreads review by Shirley

The girl in the mirror. Harrowing story of a family torn apart by the war and the Nazi invasion of their small Polish town. A mother doing what she must to survive and care for her children even though she must leave one behind to save his life. A young girl growing up afraid and alone talking to her......more

Quotes

‘I read with bated breath and high emotion. Such a difficult story, written with such talent. Malka’s writing tackles the complex relationships within a family, conveying admiration with reservation, dependence with independence, attraction with withdrawal. Every book about the Holocaust is special in its own way, and this one is particularly unique. This is a rare story about survival in the very heart of the German regime and the mostly hostile Polish population. It is also the story of a Jewish family, sisters, brothers, and mother, who do all they can to help each other survive, even at the cost of their own lives. combines the best of literary fiction with true accounts, adding another important piece to the mosaic that is the story of the Holocaust, which can never be told entirely.’