The Golden Daughter by Halina St James - 9781487013158

House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada

The Golden DaughterMy Mother's Secret Past as a Ukrainian Slave Worker in Nazi Germany\nAuthor(s): Halina St James\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, Canada\nImprint: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada\nISBN-13: 9781487013158, 978-1487013158\nSynopsis\nSecret wartime letters, a volatile love triangle, an unmarked grave, a noble heritagea revelatory mother-daughter memoir about discovery, love, and forgiveness.\n\nSorting through her late mothers possessions, Halina St. James found a secret stash of letters. They told how her mother, Maria, was abducted as a teenager in Ukraine by Nazis and sent to Germany as a slave.\n\nAfter the war, Maria found herself pregnant in a displaced persons camp. She married the father, an older man from a noble Polish family. But her life changed when her husband introduced his friend, a young Polish freedom fighter. In Canada, the younger man betrayed his friend and ran off with Maria and Halina.\n\nThe letters made Halina .