Her engrossing and deeply affecting account. Hunter sidesteps hollow sentimentality and nihilism, revealing instead the beautiful complexity and ambiguity of life in this extraordinarily moving tale." - Publishers Weekly A Finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards' Book Club Award A Women's National Book Association Great Group Read "Reading Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones is like being swung heart first into history. Her novel brings the Kurcs to life in heart-pounding detail." - The Jewish Voice "The story that so grippingly comes across in the pages of We Were the Lucky Ones isn't strictly fiction-the characters and events that inhabit this Holocaust survival story are based on her family's own history." - Newsweek " must-read." - New York Post " remarkable history. Review Quotes " just as courageous as the characters her writing will never let us forget." - Harper's Bazaar "Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely." - Glamour, "Best Books to Read in 2017" " gripping, emotional novel." - People, "The Best New Books" "A remarkable story of courage, love, and of course, luck." - Book Riot's Best Books of 2017 " gripping and moving story." - Bustle, "15 New Authors You're Going To Be Obsessed With This Year" "Turning history into fiction can be tricky. An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century's darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere.
As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety.
The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. "Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely." - Glamour It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer.
Book Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive-and to reunite- We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.
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