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100 1 $aPasulka, Brigid.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008077903
245 12 $aA long, long time ago and essentially true /$cBrigid Pasulka.
246 34 $aLong, long time ago & essentially true
260 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,$c2009.
300 $av, 354 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"On the eve of World War II in a place called Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. He offers Anielica Hetmanska's family his "golden hands" and transforms their modest hut into a beautiful home, thereby building his way into her heart." "But then war arrives to cut short their courtship, delay their marriage, and wreak havoc in their lives - even sending the young lovers far from home, to the promise of a new life in Krakow." "Nearly fifty years later, their granddaughter, Beata, repeats their postwar journey, seeking a new life in the fairy-tale city of her grandmother's stories. But instead of the whispered prosperity of New Poland, she discovers a city caught between its future and its past. Taken in by her tough-talking cousin Irena and Irena's glamorous daughter Magda, Beata struggles to find her own place in 1990s Krakow and in the constellation of Irena and Magda's fierce love. But unexpected events - tragedies and miracles - can change lives and open eyes. And Beata may just find a new way of seeing her family's and her country's history - as well as a vision for her own role in the New Poland." "Whimsical, wise, beautiful, magical, and sometimes heartbreaking, A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True weaves together two remarkable stories, reimagining half a century of Polish history through the legacy of one unforgettable love affair."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aYoung women$zPoland$vFiction.
650 0 $aGrandparents$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105392
651 0 $aKraków (Poland)$vFiction.
651 0 $aPoland$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116598
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0904/2008049494-b.html
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852 00 $bglx$hPS3616.A866$iL66 2009