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Going Home: Memoir of an Immigrant

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Going Home: Memoir of an Immigrant
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Martha Davis
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 215
Category/GenreMemoirs
ISBN/Barcode 9781543929140
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher BookBaby
Imprint BookBaby
Publication Date 11 June 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

It is the bitter-sweet story of the author's childhood experiences during the German and Russian occupations of Hungary, and of her four trying years as a young student in a hostile Germany.It tells of her family's cruel exile from their homeland, of their three-week hellish journey in a cramped, filth-ridden boxcar, their challenges in an unwelcoming country, and their unyielding belief in the American dream.

Author Biography

Born in Hungary, first-time writer Martha Davis tells the bittersweet story of her childhood experiences during the German and Russian occupations of Hungary, and of her four trying years as a young student in a hostile Germany.Active in her New Jersey community since retiring from Johnson & Johnson, she is a long-time volunteer at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville and an active member of Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County in Bridgewater, having served as Board President for several years.Davis lives in Hillsborough, NJ. She has two sons, two daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren.