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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming

Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming

Verzemnieks, Inara

Paperback

Baltic HistoryImmigration & RefugeesWorld War II

ISBN10: 0393356191
ISBN13: 9780393356199
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Sep 25 2018
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

It's long been assumed of the region where my grandmother was born...that at some point each year the dead will come home, Inara Verzemnieks writes in this exquisite story of war, exile, and reconnection. Her grandmother's stories recalled one true home: the family farm left behind in Latvia, where, during WWII, her grandmother Livija and her grandmother's sister, Ausma, were separated. They would not see each other again for more than 50 years. Raised by her grandparents in Washington State, Inara grew up among expatriates, scattering smuggled Latvian sand over the coffins of the dead, singing folk songs about a land she had never visited.

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