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Dry Tears
Nechama Tec

Dry Tears

the story of a lost childhood

Oxford University Press (Nov 01, 1982)
9780195035001
| Paperback
242 pages | 127 x 208 mm | English
$ 16.95 | Value: $ 2.64
Dewey 940.531503924
LC Classification D810.J4 .T42 1984
LC Control No. 84001069

Subject

  • Biography & Autobiography / General
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Personal Narratives
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)/ Personal Narratives
  • Tec, Nechama

Plot

This is the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the Holocaust. Dry Tears is a dramatic tale of how an eleven-year-old child learned to "pass in the forbidding Christian world and a quietly moving coming-of-age story. This book is unique celebration of the best human qualities that surface under the worst conditions.