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Informationen zum Autor Julian Padowicz is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. He is the author of the memoirs Mother and Me: Escape from Warsaw 1939, which was Foreword Reviews ' 2006 Gold winner for autobiography and memoir; A Ship in the Harbor ; and Loves of Yulian; as well as the novels The Best Sunset in Venice and Writer's Block . Klappentext After a grueling and dramatic escape from occupied Poland in 1939, at age eight, Julian and his mother arrive in America in 1941 with big plans. Julian's beautiful, former socialite mother Barbara wants to write a memoir and regain her former social position. Julian just wants to fit his war-damaged psyche into the American way of life. As Barbara climbs her social ladder, she succeeds in opening for herself doors that few manage to open. In the process, she slams in Julian's face the very doors that other parents struggle to open for their children. Zusammenfassung After a grueling and dramatic escape from occupied Poland in 1939! at age eight! Julian and his mother arrive in America in 1941 with big plans. Julian's beautiful! former socialite mother Barbara wants to write a memoir and regain her former social position. Julian just wants to fit his war-damaged psyche into the American way of life.
