Product Description
This is the true story of a Croatian war child, given away at four to an aunt and uncle and imprisoned with her relatives at thirteen. Her father managed to secure her freedom, only to be imprisoned himself - and shot three weeks later. She spent the rest of the war hungry, in a convent orphanage.
Verica writes: " All that Winter (1945/6), I was happy at last. I was back at school and had a home with another aunt. However, I had a big decision tomake: my mother lived in England, I didn't know a word of English - and she was almost a stranger to me ... should I join her ... ?"
Verica writes: " All that Winter (1945/6), I was happy at last. I was back at school and had a home with another aunt. However, I had a big decision tomake: my mother lived in England, I didn't know a word of English - and she was almost a stranger to me ... should I join her ... ?"
Synopsis
This is the true story of a Croatian war child, given away at four to an aunt and uncle and imprisoned with her relatives at 13. Her father managed to secure her freedom, only to be imprisoned himself - and shot three weeks later. She spent the rest of the war hungry, in a convent orphanage.
