Danuta A Novel Based on the Life of Danuta Buczak |
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| Author:
| Koenig, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4818-2005-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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In the spring of 1941, a 17-year-old girl living in Soviet-occupied eastern Poland is arrested by the Russian secret police and sent with her infant son to a labor camp in Siberia. Her name: Danuta Buczak. Her crime: being the wife of a Polish army lieutenant.She will see her husband sentenced to be executed. She will bury her child on a Siberian hillside. Yet Danuta's defiant spirit cannot be crushed. Determined to return to Poland and freedom, this courageous young woman slips past...
More DescriptionIn the spring of 1941, a 17-year-old girl living in Soviet-occupied eastern Poland is arrested by the Russian secret police and sent with her infant son to a labor camp in Siberia. Her name: Danuta Buczak. Her crime: being the wife of a Polish army lieutenant.She will see her husband sentenced to be executed. She will bury her child on a Siberian hillside. Yet Danuta's defiant spirit cannot be crushed. Determined to return to Poland and freedom, this courageous young woman slips past her labor camp guards on a snowy night and sets out alone on an incredible journey across the vast Soviet empire.Danuta is a novel based on the real-life saga of Danuta Buczak.