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Donna Solecka Urbikas was raised in the Midwest during the fantastic years of the American century. But her Polish-born mom and fifty percent sister experienced endured dehumanizing conditions during World Conflict II, as slave laborers in Siberia. Conflict and exile created a serious bond between mom and older princess, one which Donna would battle to find with either of them.1940, Janina Slarzynska and her five-year-old princess Mira were taken by Soviet key police (NKVD) of their small family plantation in eastern Poland and sent to Siberia with thousands of others. So started their odyssey of cravings for food, disease, cunning survival, desperate get away from across a continent, and new love amidst awful circumstances.But in the 1950s, baby boomer Donna yearns for a "normal" American family while Janina and Mira are haunted by days gone by. In this remarkable memoir, Donna recounts her genealogy and her own survivor's story, finally understanding the ruined mother who experienced kept her sister.Finalist, Best Traditional Non-Fiction Publication, Chicago Freelance writers Association The booklet is printed by the University of Wisconsin Press."Stunning, heartfelt memoir... a must-read for World Conflict II background buffs." (Leonard Kniffel, author of A Polish Son in the Motherland)"Superbly documents the bitter suffering both of patients of the Soviet Gulag and of displaced emigrants." (Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, author of Between Nazis and Soviets)"A primer for all who seek to comprehend the harrowing voyage of Poles during this fateful period." (Allen Paul, author of Katyn: Stalin's Massacre and the Triumph of Fact)
