A Journey Through Time - 9781483455938

Driven by her desire to know more about her Italian heritage, twenty-two-year-old Gina MacLeary reaches out to her mother who leads her to eight boxes of journals she kept while growing up in Bologna, Italy. For the first time in her life, Gina possesses the answers to the many questions that have been plaguing her for years. As Gina turns the journal pages and devours her mothers words penned from 1938 to 1945, she witnesses a true glimpse of the human condition during wartime. As her familys experiences are revealed, Gina learns how they coped with the pressures of war, the stress of hiding a family escaping the Jewish ghetto, and their struggle to make it to America. Through it all, Gina gains a new perspective of her family as they endured, sacrificed, and found the strength to overcome adversity. Inspired by real-life stories and conversations, A Journey through Time shares the fascinating tale of an Italian familys struggles as they lived through the horrors of World War II.

• | Author: Mary Ann Dratch
• | Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• | Publication Date: Sep 16, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 138 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1483455939
• | ISBN-13: 9781483455938