{"product_id":"9781877460166","title":"Krystyna's Story","description":"Author: Ogonowska-Coates, Halina\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781877460166\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Jul 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA piecing together of a Polish child's journey through Europe at war, and a young woman's bewildering encounter with rural New Zealand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA piecing together of a Polish child's journey through Europe at war, and a young woman's bewildering encounter with rural New Zealand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'As a child I loved my mother but she seemed different from other mothers. She didn't know how old she was. She couldn't remember where she was born. I wondered what had happened to her that she could have forgotten such important things. It had something to do with the Second World War . . . '\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKrystyna is one of 732 'Polish children' who survived forced deportation to the Soviet Union and was given a home in New Zealand in 1944. Her remarkable story, a composite portrait drawn from interviews with Polish survivors, begins in a peaceful Polish village and follows her family's harrowing journey to a labour camp in Siberia, the terrible flight to freedom, and Krystyna's lonely voyage to a safe refuge in New Zealand.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67445912797342,"sku":"UBD-9781877460166","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781877460166.jpg?v=1790750091","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781877460166","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}