As the Waltz Was Ending

It has been a long time, probably eight years, since I read this book, but I still remember it fondly. I'm now a senior in college, majoring in history, and as I sat in History of World War II today, I thought of how much I learned from this book. I enjoyed it, and now I really want to reread it. It is a good read, and it stays with you. A must for anyone interested in the perspective of a civilian living under Nazi and later Russian occupation. I also particularly remember the afterward and how much I enjoyed it, how the author fell in love with an American and married him. It was so touching, and it made me love the book even more.

I'm reading this book for the second time and I still love it! It's about a ballet dancer named Emmy, who struggles with the changes of World War 2 and how she copes with going from a sheltered life to poverty. I whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone

Emma Macalik Butterworth is my Grandmother and she has told me many things about what happened to her in World War II and she even showed me a map of where most of the bombings were and she has showed me her last pair of toes shoes she wore. This book is magnificent and I'm not just saying that because she is my Grandmother, I'm saying it because it is the best book I have ever read besides my Grandfather's books which come in a close second place. The book is basically an autobiography with only a few changes in the dialouge. Much more stuff that happened to her she was not able to put into the book because it was too harsh. It is a very good book and was a must read in high schools nationwide in 1982 and 1983.

I read this story in seventh grade and I havent forgotten it. That was six years ago. This book is about a girls struggle with drastic change as she deals with the effects of WW2 on her life, family and world. It was a touching suspensful stories that I would recommend to anyone.

When I read this book, back in the eighth grade I fell in love with it. Trying to read Ann Frank I had trouble, but reading this book was easy and I found at that age I related more to her. I fell in love with it. I would recommend this book to any one of my friends and I am now 19 years old.