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\nBook Summary:
\nIt is the spri
ng of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best t
o live normal lives\, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk aro
und the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance\, not of t
he increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom\, Pola
nd. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the
Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world\, each desperately tr
ying to navigate his or her own path to safety.
\;
As one s
ibling is forced into exile\, another attempts to flee the continent\, whi
le others struggle to escape certain death\, either by working grueling ho
urs on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as genti
les in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fea
r that they may never see one another again\, the Kurcs must rely on hope\
, ingenuity\, and inner strength to persevere.
\;
An extrao
rdinary\, propulsive novel\, \;We Were the Lucky Ones \;demonstrat
es how in the face of the twentieth century's darkest moment\, the human s
pirit can endure and even thrive.