Description: Further DetailsTitle: Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a BastardCondition: NewSubtitle: A Belgian Recalls the War, the Nazis, Her Fractured LifeEAN: 9780897335713ISBN: 9780897335713Publisher: Academy Chicago PublishersFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/01/2008Description: Lost in the Fog is the courageous story of Rachel Van Meers, born in a home for unwed mothers in the city of Ghent, Belgium, in 1930. Raised in a Flemish working-class district by her strict grandmother, two aunts, and three uncles, Van Meers recounts her struggles growing up a bastard in Belgium during the Great Depression.When the war broke out, Belgium was quickly taken over by Germany, and the people were left to fend for themselves against the overwhelming occupying forces and shattering Allied air strikes. Van Meers' family remained loyal to Belgium, but her mother joined the SS. When a violent argument erupted between Van Meers and her Nazi-sympathizing stepfather, she was sent to a child labor camp in Germany and later returned to witness Belgium in tatters after the war. Now a strong-spirited young woman, she refused to go the way of her mother, or give in to the brutal attacks of her stepfather. She was eventually able to sustain her independence from her family and emigrate to America in 1961.This is a rare look at Belgium during an era of upheaval; a frank, down-to-earth narrative based on hundreds of hours of taped interviews. Rachel's view of a ""not-quite-normal"" family, her amazing strength in the face of abusive, degrading treatment at a time when being a bastard was like bearing the mark of Cain, are told in a unique way which is at once both inspiring and not without humor.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 215mmItem Length: 139mmItem Weight: 308gAuthor: Rachel Van MeersContributor: Daniel Chase (Edited by)Genre: BiographyEdition: Second Edition, Second editionItem Width: 17mmRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a Bastard
Title: Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a Bastard
Subtitle: A Belgian Recalls the War, the Nazis, Her Fractured Life
EAN: 9780897335713
ISBN: 9780897335713
Release Date: 07/01/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Daniel Chase (Edited by)
Edition: 2
Book Title: Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a Bastard : a Belgian Recalls the War, the Nazis, Her Fractured Life
Number of Pages: 225 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Emigration & Immigration, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Author: Rachel Van Meers
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
