num_pages: 144
description: This book tells the true story of what happened to a 12-year-old girl named Jutta (Debbie Levys mother) in 1938. Actual entries in a posiealbum (autograph book) serve as stepping stones in a crucial year in history when people of Jewish ancestry in Germany and Austria were systematically stripped of their rights subjected to violence and arrested without cause. Jutta was one of the lucky ones who escaped to America before the rising tide of violence erupted into World War II and the tragedy of the Holocaust. Remembrances from Jutta's friends and relatives introduce chapters written in verse form that describe her experiencesmany of them typical of any teenager anywhereand report some of the history of the era. Debbie wrote these verses in consultation with her mother to reflect her voice feelings and thoughts as she was living through this memorable year. The book also includes excerpts from Juttas diary. Together the poesie writings verses and diary entries reflect a year of change and chance confusion and cruelty. Most of all they describe a year of goodbyes.
language: English
title: The Year of Goodbyes
publisher: Hyperion Book CH