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Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America (The Sidonia's Thread Memoir Trilogy) | Envi

HilDan
18 de abril de 2013
A story of love and courage
This is a very well written, moving account as told by a daughter of life with her single mother while growing up. with glimpses of her mother's Jewish family in Hungary, her deportation to concentration camps, loss of her family, and eventual immigration to America. Like so many people who have witnessed and lived the horrors of the holocaust and/or war, her mother seldom talked about her experiences. What courage it took for her to venture into a far away country whose language she did not speak, or spoke very little at best, without resources, being responsible for a toddler, and having no one to lean on or confide in. She earned a living with her exceptional sewing skills. This unforgettable book is about love, courage, perseverance, strength. I highly recommend it.Ver másVer menos
Kindle Customer
21 de marzo de 2014
history well spoken
Selected this book for just the title. Was a good book and how the sewing book that was used and the chapters defined how all the characters were intertwined. The time spent in the camps and how they got to America was an interesting memory to some of the older folks. I hit home in some areas. The explanation of different ethinic backgrounds gave it an understanding of how cities in America were settled. I liked the story and the interweave of growing families.Ver másVer menos
C. Yates
25 de febrero de 2014
Sidonia's Thread: Holocaust novel
Sidonia was the last child in a Jewish family in Hungary during World War II. Her entire family was lost to her during the Holocaust. She was witness to her one sister's death and the other members of family were placed in a different line during the 'selection process' when the family entered the camp. Sidonia survived and came to America with a baby girl. She worked as a seamstress for many years and became quite successful with those on the street recognizing her creations by observing her daughter's outfits. There was no husband. The book is told by the daughter and she uses a sewing book to tell the story. The book is remarkable!! I did not want to put it down but keep on reading and did not want it to end either. Hanna, the Mother , has letters, pictures, forms, etc. in her bedroom and does not share with her daughter her story of birth until she is more or less forced to by her inquisitive daughter. The pattern is practically a duplicate between the two women; the materials are carefully chosen for the garments; AND then the seams start to unravel before the thread becomes yellow.My book was downloaded onto my Kindle from AMAZON. I could recommend this book to everyone I know. It is a Holocaust story that crosses two/three generations. Please read this book and know the woman's struggles.Ver másVer menos
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Merzyk
24 de julio de 2014
A remarkable story of two amazing women bound together by a thread.
Sidonia's Thread is a true story of a mother, who survived the Holocaust, and her daughter, who she raised alone, and the disconnect of their lives they shared together. Sidonia, a seamstress and a very protective mother, desperately tried to shield her daughter from her past life and refused to answer any of her questions. Her daughter had to live with anger and resentment towards her mother for not sharing her innermost secrets in order to protect her daughter from her private shame and horrific guilt that she has carried for a lifetime. Every question was met with her mother's harsh criticism and refusal to further engage. The unanswered questions further fueled her inner rage and resentment towards her mother. Years passed by when her daughter discovered some letters from her mom's past that finally gave her the answers and opened up the many secrets that were hidden from her all those years. She also discovered facts about her father, including information that was never to be revealed as to how they met and the secrets regarding her birth. Sidonia's Thread bound this mother and daughter and weaved it's way of a life together and all the intricate roads and detours the daughter had to face to finally find the truth and answers that she so desperately deserved to know. The threads weaved through a pattern that would never get finished until she was able to sew all the pieces together until it finally fit. It was a remarkable journey of two very different people who were bound together by a single thread.Ver másVer menos
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Barry
22 de diciembre de 2018
Clearly detailed but needs better shaping
The author, Hanna, includes plenty of details, such ad info about her mother’s family life in Hungary; horrors her mother and aunt endured in concentration camps; descriptions of outfits her mother made for her as a remarkable seamstress; snippets of her mother’s voice in English sentences Hungarian-style. As we read about how Sidonia’s life in the U.S. post-Holocaust unfolds — as well as how Hanna evolves — the impetus spurring us forward is desire to learn the secret of Hanna’s father’s identity, a secret Sidonia has refrained from revealing for an unknown reason, and which her refusal has formed a barrier between mother and daughter.Hanna knows that she was born when her mother was located in a displaced persons camp, obviously unmarried. But something more than that then-embarrassing upfront fact underlies Sidonia’s unwillingness to disclose the story. When Hanna finally discovers the answer after her mother’s death, it hits like a one-two punch.However, for most of the book, I felt like I had to push myself to continue. It impressed me as a book that the author’s family would treasure, but seemed to get bogged down in relaying information and often plodded along.Ver másVer menos
Table4two
24 de abril de 2013
Very touching
This is a love story that takes years to unfold...the love of a daughter for the mother who remains a mystery to her for most of her life. The author writes simply and beautifully about the darkness of the emotional and physical scars of her Holocaust surviving parent. Understanding her mother takes a lifetime and her mother's passing. A very touching story of survival, understanding, and family bonds. May the mother's strength and courage remain with all her descendants.Ver másVer menos
Elizabeth Becker
21 de abril de 2013
Moving, heart-warming tribute
I loved this book! Having sewn garments (although not nearly as well as Sidonia) and now sewing only quilts, I can certainly relate to the metaphors Ms. Marcus uses to tell the tale of her mother's life and times, decisions and consequences and how they spilled over into the raising of her daughter. Good times and bad. How Sidonia made her living as a seamstress in America when it was not always possible to make one's living at that.And I related to Ms. Marcus having to watch and care for her mother as she aged and declined so severely.Your book is a loving tribute and memoir to your mother and the insanity of the Holocaust! Thank you for writing it and letting us know about Sidonia of the Needle and Thread--and inset pockets!Ver másVer menos
Sue
13 de septiembre de 2013
Stitch by stitch the threads pulled together beautifully...
...pulling me into this lovely gentle tale of these two women. I am so glad I got to read this book, to look inside another family with such a black bleak history that moved into the light of a thousand folds of silk. To the author, thank you for sharing your story, thank you for the beautiful, frank and straight forward way you presented your mother's life to us. I just love the way you used the various chapters of the sewing book and used them to weave into your own chapters. A lovely wholesome book of a time gone by that had and still has so much influence on the way our world and it's people are now. A great read that I couldn't recommend highly enough!Ver másVer menos
Jean Turner
21 de junio de 2018
Wonderful and sad
Very many vying story. Loved the way the author tactfully and creatively told her mothers story about survival during and after the holocaust.
RH
4 de mayo de 2015
Four Stars
Good book
Charles Christian
17 de agosto de 2013
Read it.
Fascinating, heart breaking but without sentimentality, funny, educational and beautifully written as it slowly reveals the secrets kept by a brave and resourceful Concentration camp survivor. Recommend. (Mrs b)
Lisa D
11 de julio de 2016
Three Stars
refreshing honest story
India
20 de junio de 2016
Five Stars
Really enjoyed this book it was an eye opener

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Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America (The Sidonia's Thread Memoir Trilogy)

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A story of love and courage

history well spoken

Sidonia's Thread: Holocaust novel

A remarkable story of two amazing women bound together by a thread.

Clearly detailed but needs better shaping

Very touching

Moving, heart-warming tribute

Stitch by stitch the threads pulled together beautifully...

Wonderful and sad

Four Stars

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