| Author: | Peter Schrag | ISBN: | 9780999856413 |
| Publisher: | Peter Schrag | Publication: | February 28, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Schrag |
| ISBN: | 9780999856413 |
| Publisher: | Peter Schrag |
| Publication: | February 28, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
In this witty and insightful memoir, Peter Schrag meditates on the life of his mother, Ilse, who left Germany in 1933 to marry a German Jewish doctor in Lebanon. She left that marriage after five years (1933-1938) and made her way to New York City with her infant son. Together, mother and son built a new life.
At once a rumination on the problems a Jewish refugee family faces in difficult times, an observation of the mysteries of the mother-son bond, and a treatise about what it means to be an American, My Mother and Me is a remarkable family story.
In this witty and insightful memoir, Peter Schrag meditates on the life of his mother, Ilse, who left Germany in 1933 to marry a German Jewish doctor in Lebanon. She left that marriage after five years (1933-1938) and made her way to New York City with her infant son. Together, mother and son built a new life.
At once a rumination on the problems a Jewish refugee family faces in difficult times, an observation of the mysteries of the mother-son bond, and a treatise about what it means to be an American, My Mother and Me is a remarkable family story.
