Notes from My Polish Childhood
This book is neither autobiography nor a family history. It is a short account of an unusual childhood and the experience of being born into a family living in a repressive political system._The family members faced many restrictions in their daily lives but, in other respects, managed to avoid the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Brown Dog Books
2021.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47076902*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword
- 1. Jelenia Góra
- the town of my childhood
- 2. Kościuszko Square and the surrounding area
- 3. 'The Bastion', House No 2 in Kościuszko Square
- 4. Top floor flat No 7
- 5. Zofia
- our nanny and housekeeper
- 6. Our kitchen and the 'rescue mission'
- 7. The main bedroom and its treasures
- 8. Zofia's sanctuary
- 9. Bathroom, water and perfumes
- 10. Sitting room through the decade
- 11. My piano and the music school
- 12. Paintings and Wlastimil Hofman
- 13. The portrait by Hofman.
- 14. Food
- Polish cuisine in my family
- 15. Festivities of Christmas
- 16. Easter celebrations
- 17. My parents: Irena and Andrzej
- Irena's story
- 18. My parents: Irena and Andrzej
- Andrzej's story
- 19. Uncle Oleś and aunt Halka
- 20. Grandmother Janina and her home in Starachowice
- 21. My father's pharmacy 'Under the Stag'
- 23. The story of the tooth
- 24. Childhood education
- School No 7, spectacles and later mishaps
- 25. Family summer holidays on the Baltic coast
- 26. My brother Jurek and his story
- 27. Brief notes on the Polish political system.
- 28. Solidarity
- the independent Polish trade union
- 29. Bodo the dog
- 30. My secondary education
- Stefan Żeromski Grammar School
- 31. Form IB and our teachers
- 32. Memorable school trips
- 33. Matura
- exams for the certificate of completion of secondary education
- 34. Medical School in Wrocław
- 35. Internship in the hospital for miners
- 36. Back to my roots in Jelenia Góra.
