Böcker av Cynthia Ehrenkrantz

Cynthia Ehrenkrantz was six in 1939 when Britain entered WorldWar II. She was twelve in 1945 when the war ended. SeekingShelter is her vivid childs-eye account of life in wartime Englandas she lived it: an adored only child in a large Jewish clan whosecomfortable existence becomes one of food shortages, gas masksand air-raid sirens, and - worst of all - being sent away for months and years at a stretch to escape German bombs.Contending with bullies, rushing from a warm bed to a backyardshelter when sirens wail. Life is hard but also good: shining in a school play, collecting foil for the war effort, celebrating Passover... These are the mixed realities of wartime that mark young Cynthia forever inways only adult Cynthia can understand.