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Bending Toward the Sun : A Mother and Daughter Memoir
by Gilbert-Lurie, LeslieEdition:
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9780061776724
ISBN10:
0061776726
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Paperback
Pub. Date:
9/7/2010
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Harpercollins
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Summary
From Holocaust survivor Rita Lurie and her daughter, Leslie, comes this beautiful dual memoir of a unique family bond, forged in the wake of a brutal terror.
Author Biography
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie has served as president of the Los Angeles County Board of Education. Formerly an executive at NBC, where she worked on such hit shows as Cheers, Family Ties, Saved by the Bell, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Gilbert-Lurie lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.
Table of Contents
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| In Mom's Voice (1937-1960) | |
| Childhood, Interrupted | p. 11 |
| Stashik Is Coming | p. 27 |
| Safe for the Moment | p. 34 |
| Where Is God? | p. 45 |
| Far from Normal | p. 52 |
| Good-bye Urzejowice | p. 61 |
| Una Situazione Molto Grave | p. 72 |
| A Taste of Freedom | p. 80 |
| The Greenhorns | p. 92 |
| But We Just Got Used to It Here | p. 101 |
| Utterly Demoralized | p. 114 |
| I Might Even Marry Him | p. 128 |
| A Wonderful Mother | p. 143 |
| My Own Voice (1960-1997) | |
| On My Watch | p. 157 |
| Bread Crumbs | p. 163 |
| Magical Distractions | p. 170 |
| I Do Understand | p. 175 |
| Sunday Inquisitions | p. 179 |
| Time to Say "I Love You" | p. 186 |
| A Word Game | p. 193 |
| Society of Overachieving Offspring of Holocaust Survivors | p. 199 |
| Team Leah | p. 207 |
| "Just Jump" | p. 216 |
| It's Not That Kind of Thing | p. 225 |
| Inside NBC | p. 231 |
| The Most Beautiful Woman in the Attic | p. 237 |
| Water Your Garden | p. 259 |
| The Present I Needed to Appreciate | p. 269 |
| A Joint Venture (1997-2008) | |
| Maybe I Should Write It | p. 283 |
| Feelings of a Deprived Child | p. 301 |
| I Tried My Best | p. 307 |
| Ma of the Grand | p. 315 |
| A Deluxe Buffet | p. 321 |
| Mikaela: Different from Other Kids My Age | p. 328 |
| Rita: Lessons to Be Learned | p. 333 |
| The Abyss | p. 337 |
| Legacy | p. 347 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 353 |
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