When her family's apartment in Vienna is bombed, Christel Goth and her family lose everything. They are offered the use of a summer villa in the suburbs, and walk there in just the clothes they stand... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book is filled with the authors own childhood memories of growing up in Vienna/AUSTRIA during WWIIIt is the first of two books with this topic.(Maikaefer flieg and Zwei Wochen im Mai) Noestlinger gives an honest, often funny, and moving account of one girl growing up in times of war.
Fly Away Home
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is an amazing coming of age book about a girl growing up in occupied Germany at the end of WW2. Incredibly moving, this book is a great read for anyone who is-or has ever been-a kid.
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