Wondering and Wandering: In Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781075995972)

Wondering and Wandering is a family saga. The events take place on three continents in the time span of one hundred years. The first book of the trilogy portrays the Europeans dealing with the First and Second World Wars, Fascism and Communism. The second book depicts South Africa between 1969 and 1992 and the third takes the reader to USA.Book one describes Ari growing up in an eastern European country. When she begins looking beyond her innocent concept of the world, she encounters many strange living, and deceased characters and family members, shrouded in a web of mystery. One of them is Ari's heroic grandfather, a POW, who survived capture, and a long train ride to Siberia. The hardships and the misery of the First World War, his ingenuity and dexterity and the fact that he walked 12 hundred miles back to his homeland, fills Ari with wonder and admiration. Her father, a privileged child, then an orphan who encounters Gestapo and the liberation from the German occupation, is another. The mysterious Diploma signed by Queen Elizabeth of England dedicated to Ari's mother, deepens the enigma. Her questions multiply. Why does my mother wear a gun? Who was the tortured man, skinned alive, depicted in the lonely chapel? And why did the the portraits of a handsome young man and a beautiful lady show their hearts? Why does a kind, educated man work as a laborer? And what about the horrific pictures in the attic?Ari describes many fascinating characters from the past and the present, but her world exploration grows exponentially when the unexpected events of the year 1968 throw her into turmoil and uncertain future. She is challenged to the limit as she is uprooted from her security and comfort zone. Will her spirit stay on course as she faces the unknown? How and where she will survive?

Author: Mary Roess
ISBN-10: 1075995973
ISBN-13: 9781075995972
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2019
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d