The Girl in the Red Coat: A Memoir
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As a child in German-occupied Poland, Roma Ligocka was known for the bright strawberry-red coat she wore against a tide of gathering darkness. Fifty years later, Roma, an artist living in Germany, attended a screening of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, and instantly knew that "the girl in the red coat"--the only splash of color in the film--was her. Thus began a harrowing journey into the past, as Roma Ligocka sought to reclaim her life and put together the pieces of a shattered childhood. The result is this remarkable memoir, a fifty-year chronicle of survival and its aftermath. With brutal honesty, Ligocka recollects a childhood at the heart of evil: the flashing black boots, the sudden executions, her mother weeping, her father vanished...then her own harrowing escape and the strange twists of fate that allowed her to live on into the haunted years after the war. Powerful, lyrical, and unique among Holocaust memoirs, The Girl in the Red Coat eloquently explores the power of evil to twist our lives long after we have survived it. It is a story for anyone who has ever known the darkness of an unbearable past--and searched for the courage to move forward into the light.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:038533740X
ISBN13:9780385337403
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:Delta
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.71 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
New perspective about a child living through the holocaust
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I recently returned from a trip to Warsaw, Poland. At a holocaust memorial there were quotes from this book and so it piqued my interest. The book is beautifully written and you can feel the pain and frustration of the author. I highly recommend this book.
I read it all in one sitting
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
A very moving book. I've read many books about the Holocaust. However, I don't think I previously read one that was written by someone who was so young during the war and that focused so much on the author's adult life. Even though intellectually one knows that war scars a soul forever, living the aftereffects through a single individual's perspective is emotionally stunning. Highly recommended.
recommended
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
one of the best books I have ever read, the one that will stick to my mind forever;I must admit I don't read a lot (a "no time" excuse...) but I just could not put it down...
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