A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile

Although the first part of the book was extremely grim, the story really developed well and the characters were very believable. It kept me coming back. I had a difficult time understanding how the protagonist such a well educated intelligent person could have married Joe, the jerk, but by the end it became clear. Good book!

think perhaps that I have owned this book for quite some time and if I have read it before, I don’t remember it – I find this highly unlikely. At any rate, I am honored to have read it now. A Woman in Amber by Agate Nesaule is a startling memoir of the author’s childhood experiences during the Russian and German occupation of her homeland of Latvia. While the horrors of the war were bad enough in her own country, her Lutheran father and mother, along with other family members, were forced to flee from the competing armies. Their journey was remarkable in complexity and perhaps luck.
In depth review at NeverForgetResources

Latvian author