My Bridges of Hope

by Jackson, Livia Bitton

• ISBN13: 9780689820267
• ISBN10: 0689820267
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

In 1945, after surviving a harrowing year in Auschwitz, fourteen-year-old Elli returns, along with her mother and brother, to the family home, now part of Slovakia, where they try to find a way to rebuild their shattered lives.

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(4)
Homecoming	4	(4)
Back in School	8	(6)
The ``Tattersall''	14	(7)
Daddy's Coat	21	(8)
Miki	29	(6)
A Letter from America	35	(5)
Destination America	40	(3)
The Barishna	43	(7)
``I Cannot Bear the Sun!''	50	(4)
My First Job	54	(7)
I Am Going on Vacation	61	(7)
A Long Day	68	(7)
The Certificate	75	(5)
I Will Make It After All	80	(6)
``Until Mommy and Daddy Return''	86	(6)
Preparing for the Climbing Expedition	92	(3)
A Rude Awakening	95	(7)
Why Won't They Believe Me?	102	(7)
Days Filled to the Brim	109	(5)
A Painful Parting	114	(4)
A Lost Child	118	(7)
Dancing in the Square	125	(5)
Gina's Secret	130	(4)
Briha	134	(7)
The Haganah Camp	141	(6)
``It Has Come to Our Attention. . .''	147	(5)
Vilo	152	(14)
Our Last Chance	166	(7)
The Transport Is in Jeopardy	173	(4)
The ``Screening''	177	(9)
At the Border	186	(4)
Freedom at Last	190	(4)
Spring in Vienna	194	(5)
Andy	199	(9)
My Visits to the Hospital	208	(8)
Good-bye, Vienna	216	(6)
Back in Germany	222	(8)
Camp Feldafing	230	(5)
Camp Geretsried	235	(6)
``So It Has Come to Pass . . .''	241	(8)
Epilogue	249	(3)
Appendix A	252	(2)
Appendix B	254	(2)
Glossary of Terms	256