Bibliograph

Their promised land, my grandparents in love and war, Ian Buruma

Type

Label

Their promised land, my grandparents in love and war, Ian Buruma

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Their promised land

Oclc number

908176080

Responsibility statement

Ian Buruma

Sub title

my grandparents in love and war

Summary

"A family history of surpassing beauty and power: Ian Buruma's account of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars. During the almost six years England was at war with Nazi Germany, Winifred and Bernard Schlesinger, Ian Buruma's grandparents, and the film director John Schlesinger's parents, were, like so many others, thoroughly sundered from each other. Their only recourse was to write letters back and forth. And write they did, often every day."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Don't Like the Name -- First Love -- Going to War -- The Long Wait -- Safe Haven -- The Beginning -- The End of the Beginning -- Empire -- The Beginning of the End -- The End -- Epitaph

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator