Why Didn't They Leave? by Eva Hnizdo Paperback Book

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When 19-year-old Zuzana flees from communist Czechoslovakia to England in 1972, she says she just wants freedom. She feels an overwhelming urge to discover more about her family's tragic history. So she embarks on a life-changing journey and tries to answer the question which haunts her: Why didn't they leave?

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You can't ask for asylum in another country just because your mother drives you nuts, so when 19-year-old Zuzana flees from communist Czechoslovakia to England in 1972, she says she just wants freedom. Her relationship with her mother, Magda – a Holocaust survivor who lost most of her family in the concentration camps – is toxic and Zuzana finds happiness in London with a loving husband and beautiful son.But when her mother dies, Zuzana is crushed by guilt and feels an overwhelming urge to discover more about her family's tragic history. So, she embarks on a life-changing journey, discovers some incredible stories and tries to answer the question which haunts her: Why didn't they leave?"Eva Hnizdo's Why Didn't They Leave illuminates the lives of one extended family from the beginning of Naziism. With meticulous detail and heart-wrenching scenes Hnizdo offers answers through her characters' actions as to why some chose to remain in their homeland and others fled. A story filled with history and heartache... survival and hope." – Julie Maloney, author and founder/director of Women Reading Aloud "Eva Hnizdo has turned her own story into a gripping work of fiction that follows a secular Czech Jewish family's fortunes during World War Two through communism to a multi-cultural life in Britain. Her book says much about prejudice and tolerance, survivors' guilt and the emotional challenges of motherhood, all through the voice of her extrovert and sexy heroine." – Brigid Grauman, journalist and author of Uncle Otto's Puppet Theatre"Zuzana is haunted by the choices that her family made during the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia and later during the Communist regime. Her discoveries make for a compelling story of loyalty, love, and courage." – Jacqueline Sheehan, author

Author Biography

Eva Hnizdo is a Jewish Czech, born in Prague in 1953. She is the granddaughter of a man who lost his life by deciding not to emigrate in 1938, and a daughter of parents who, after surviving the Holocaust, spent most of their adult lives under an oppressive communist regime. Eva studied medicine at Charles University in Prague and became a doctor. She escaped to the West in 1986 and obtained political asylum in the UK in 1987 with her husband and two sons. She worked as a full-time GP partner at the same surgery in Watford for twenty-three years. Now retired, she spends her time writing.

Details ISBN1913913368 Author Eva Hnizdo Pages 200 Year 2021 ISBN-10 1913913368 ISBN-13 9781913913366 Format Paperback Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-09-28 NZ Release Date 2021-09-28 Imprint The Book Guild Ltd Place of Publication Kibworth Publisher The Book Guild Ltd Publication Date 2021-09-28 UK Release Date 2021-09-28 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General We've got this

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