An edition of The children of Willesden Lane (2002)

The children of Willesden Lane

beyond the kindertransport : a memoir of music, love, and survival

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An edition of The children of Willesden Lane (2002)

The children of Willesden Lane

beyond the kindertransport : a memoir of music, love, and survival

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Based on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the inspirational story of Lisa Jura Golabek's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed Kindertransport. Jewish musical prodigy Lisa Jura has a wonderful life in Vienna. But when the Nazis start closing in on the city, life changes irreversibly. Although he has three daughters, Lisa's father is only able to secure one berth on the Kindertransport. The family decides to send Lisa to London so that she may pursue her dreams of a career as a concert pianist. Separated from her beloved family, Lisa bravely endures the trip and a disastrous posting outside London before finding her way to the Willesden Lane Orphanage.It is in this orphanage that Lisa's story truly comes to life. Her music inspires the other orphanage children, and they, in turn, cheer her on in her efforts to make good on her promise to her family to realize her musical potential. Through hard work and sheer pluck, Lisa wins a scholarship to study piano at the Royal Academy. As she supports herself and studies, she makes a new life for herself and dreams of reconnecting with the family she was forced to leave behind. The resulting tale delivers a message of the power of music to uplift the human spirit and to grant the individual soul endurance, patience, and peace.

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Publisher
Warner Books
Language
English
Pages
272

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The children of Willesden Lane: Young Reader's Edition
2017, Scholastic
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The Children of Willesden Lane
2007, Grand Central Publishing
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Published in
New York, N.Y
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
942/.004924043
Library of Congress
DS135.E6 G58 2002, DS135.E6G58 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
272 p. ;
Number of pages
272

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3572223M
Internet Archive
childrenofwilles00gola
ISBN 10
0446527815
LCCN
2002100990
OCLC/WorldCat
49719394
Library Thing
313060
Goodreads
1274359

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