Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Former Soviet Republics, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Inara Verzemnieks ISBN: 9780393245127
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: July 11, 2017
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Inara Verzemnieks
ISBN: 9780393245127
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: July 11, 2017
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

“This exquisitely written book shows how recovery can come generations later through rebuilding connections—to people, the natural world, the past.” —Robin Shulman, Washington Post

Inara Verzemnieks was raised by her Latvian grandparents in Washington State, among expatriates who scattered smuggled Latvian sand over coffins, the children singing folk songs about a land none of them had visited. Her grandmother Livija’s stories vividly recreated the home she fled during the Second World War, when she was separated from her sister, Ausma, whom she wouldn’t see again for more than fifty years.

Journeying back to their remote village, Inara comes to know Ausma and her trauma as an exile to Siberia under Stalin, while reconstructing Livija’s survival through her years as a refugee. In uniting their stories, Inara honors both sisters in a haunting and luminous account of loss, survival, resilience, and love.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.

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“This exquisitely written book shows how recovery can come generations later through rebuilding connections—to people, the natural world, the past.” —Robin Shulman, Washington Post

Inara Verzemnieks was raised by her Latvian grandparents in Washington State, among expatriates who scattered smuggled Latvian sand over coffins, the children singing folk songs about a land none of them had visited. Her grandmother Livija’s stories vividly recreated the home she fled during the Second World War, when she was separated from her sister, Ausma, whom she wouldn’t see again for more than fifty years.

Journeying back to their remote village, Inara comes to know Ausma and her trauma as an exile to Siberia under Stalin, while reconstructing Livija’s survival through her years as a refugee. In uniting their stories, Inara honors both sisters in a haunting and luminous account of loss, survival, resilience, and love.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.

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