Review: A Sad Homecoming
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
"There is No Going Back" by Siggy Buckley is a well-written short story about going back to one's homeland six decades after World War II and not receiving a warm welcome.The story begins with sisters making a return visit to their former home in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union and after the Berlin Wall is taken down. The family land is now owned by Polish homesteaders and the sisters are not welcomed by them.  The disappointment comes through in vivid details as the sisters retreat to visit the town's cemetery for more information on their ancestors.During this home-coming, the author takes the reader on a very detailed journey through the horrors of being a refugee ousted from one's home by the Russian troops at the end of WWII."There is No Going Back" is a very sad story that pulls at your heart strings and makes you realize that the end of WWII was not the end of the suffering for many displaced Germans.Thank you, Siggy Buckley for telling this story.