Franca's Story: Survival in World War II Italy - Softcover

Kinman, Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976392925 ISBN 13: 9780976392927

Verlag: Wimer Pub Co, 2008

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Book by Diane Kinman

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Franca’s Story chronicles a young girl’s determination to help her family survive World War II in Italy, 1937-1945. The onset of war shatters Franca Mercati’s privileged childhood in Florence, devastates her aristocratic family, and threatens the Italian way of life. The family flees their palatial home in Florence to escape Allied bombs and settles in their beach home at Viareggio. One brother is soon killed, and a second is missing in action. Franca and her father secure a private audience with the Pope – will his influence help them find her missing brother, Lt. Mercati? Franca discovers her father is helping Jewish children escape; she secretly uses his connections to rescue a wounded British pilot. She watches in horror as her school friends die in the bombing of a train station; helps when her brother-in-law is severely beaten by Fascists; and survives a harrowing ride with a deserting Nazi doctor. Franca and her family slide from wealthy aristocrats to impoverished refugees surviving hand to mouth at an old Hapsburg palace. She overcomes obstacles with courage, ingenuity, good humor, and a deep faith in God in a world filled with turbulence.

Biografía del autor:

Award-winning author Diane Kinman graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Liberal Studies that emphasized English, Technical Journalism, Marketing, and Psychology. She studied writing at the University of Washington and at Field's End, a writers’ community on Bainbridge Island, WA. Diane provided business development consulting services to architecture and engineering firms for over 25 years. She has been published in trade magazines and newspapers, and has consulted on community outreach, public relations, and special events. Diane is a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association (PNWA), Book Publishers Northwest (BPNW), Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN), and Publishers Marketing Association (PMA).

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• Verlag: Wimer Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0976392925
• ISBN 13: 9780976392927
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 187