We Were the Lucky Ones (Unabridged) We Were the Lucky Ones (Unabridged)

We Were the Lucky Ones (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

The New York Times bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold worldwide | Now a Hulu limited series starring Joey King and Logan Lerman

Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.


“Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” —Glamour
 
It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety.
 
As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere.
 
An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive.

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
KG
Kathleen Gati
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
15:36
hr min
RELEASED
2017
February 14
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
749
MB

Customer Reviews

anapau! ,

Love this book

Amazing book! It’s a masterpiece

FT228 ,

Beautiful!

Simply beautiful. A story of family, strength, determination, patience, hardship, and love.

Alanna VH ,

Haunting yet beautiful and hopeful

I loved this book. The characters come to life and you spend the entire time rooting for the family. The author took a horrifying unimaginable situation and somehow made it a beautiful and heart warming. You should buy this book, you will not be disappointed.

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