Bibliograph

Like a haystack, life from my perspective, Margaret Grgurić Smolik

Type

Label

Like a haystack, life from my perspective, Margaret Grgurić Smolik

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Like a haystack

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Margaret Grgurić Smolik

Sub title

life from my perspective

Summary

Like A Haystack brings to life events and forces that drove the author's family to be uprooted from their ancestral community in Croatia during World War II. It describes the family's background, their experiences in Austria after the war, and their emigration to the United States and to Iowa. In Like A Haystack the author contrasts life in Europe and in America. She highlights the endurance needed to survive war, poverty, suffering, and adapting to new cultures. She portrays people who do whatever it takes to achieve the American dream. The symbolism of a haystack is apt in that all of us are formed by many events that must be uncovered and accepted. Lynn Haakenson, an English teacher, commented, "This account is a fascinating memoir of the author's life in Croatia in WWII and her family's adjustment to life in America."

Target audience

adult

Classification