Like a Haystack

Life from My Perspective

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Like a Haystack by Margaret Grguri Smolik, WestBow Press
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Author: Margaret Grguri Smolik ISBN: 9781490840369
Publisher: WestBow Press Publication: July 11, 2014
Imprint: WestBow Press Language: English
Author: Margaret Grguri Smolik
ISBN: 9781490840369
Publisher: WestBow Press
Publication: July 11, 2014
Imprint: WestBow Press
Language: English

Like a Haystack: Life from My Perspective outlines the historythe events and the forcesthat drove Margaret Grguric Smolik's family to be uprooted from their ancestral community, Vocin, in north-central Croatia during World War II. It gives the familys background, describes daily life, and depicts the familys experiences in Austria after the war. The second part of the book recounts the familys emigration to the United States and the journey to Iowa. In Like A Haystack, the author contrasts life in Europe and in the United States in the twentieth century. She highlights the endurance needed to survive war, cruelty, and suffering. She explains the tensions from adjusting to new cultures and values. Finally, she portrays people who do whatever it takes to achieve the American dream. As Lynn Haakenson, an English teacher, commented, This account is a fascinating memoir of the authors life in Croatia in WWII and her familys adjustment to life in America.

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Like a Haystack: Life from My Perspective outlines the historythe events and the forcesthat drove Margaret Grguric Smolik's family to be uprooted from their ancestral community, Vocin, in north-central Croatia during World War II. It gives the familys background, describes daily life, and depicts the familys experiences in Austria after the war. The second part of the book recounts the familys emigration to the United States and the journey to Iowa. In Like A Haystack, the author contrasts life in Europe and in the United States in the twentieth century. She highlights the endurance needed to survive war, cruelty, and suffering. She explains the tensions from adjusting to new cultures and values. Finally, she portrays people who do whatever it takes to achieve the American dream. As Lynn Haakenson, an English teacher, commented, This account is a fascinating memoir of the authors life in Croatia in WWII and her familys adjustment to life in America.

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