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Tiny lights for travellers

Summary: "When her marriage suddenly ends, and a diary documenting her beloved grandfather's escape from Nazi-occupied Netherlands in the summer of 1942 is discovered, Naomi K. Lewis decides to retrace his journey to learn about her family history. Despite suffering from extreme disorientation and a lifetime of anxiety, she travels alone for the first time. Moving from Amsterdam to Lyon-relying on the marvels of GPS-she discovers family secrets and her own narrative as a second-generation Jewish Canadian. With vulnerability, humour, and wisdom, Lewis's memoir asks tough questions about her identity as a secular Jew, the accuracy of family stories, and the impact of the Holocaust on subsequent generations. How do immigrants weave their sense of identity into their chosen countries? Must we be able to locate ourselves within family and cultural geography to belong?"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781772124484 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 281 pages : map ; 23 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2019.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Awards Note:
Governor General Literary Award for non-fiction, finalist 2019.
Subject: Lewis, Naomi K -- 1976- -- Travel -- Europe
Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors -- Canada -- Biography
Jews, Canadian -- Biography
Jews -- Identity
Identity (Psychology)
Intergenerational relations
Judaism and secularism
Europe -- Description and travel

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library. (Show preferred library)

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Creston Public Library BIO LEW (Text) 35140100052029 Biographies Volume hold Available -
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library 305.892 LEW (Text) DCL167038 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Nakusp Public Library 920 LEW (Text) 35160000775727 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Nelson Public Library B LEW (Text) 35148002038376 Biography Volume hold Available -
Terrace Public Library 305.8924 LEW (Text) 35151001095694 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Tumbler Ridge Public Library ANF 305.892 LEWIS (Text) TRL26602 Entertaining Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Vanderhoof Public Library 940.53 LEW (Text) 35193000353906 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Grand Forks BIO 305.892 LEW (Text) 35142002692092 Biography Volume hold Available -
Quesnel Branch 305.8924 LEW (Text) 33923006129013 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Trail and District Public Library Main Branch 305.892 LEW (Text) 35110001032826 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: "When her marriage suddenly ends, and a diary documenting her beloved grandfather's escape from Nazi-occupied Netherlands in the summer of 1942 is discovered, Naomi K. Lewis decides to retrace his journey to learn about her family history. Despite suffering from extreme disorientation and a lifetime of anxiety, she travels alone for the first time. Moving from Amsterdam to Lyon-relying on the marvels of GPS-she discovers family secrets and her own narrative as a second-generation Jewish Canadian. With vulnerability, humour, and wisdom, Lewis's memoir asks tough questions about her identity as a secular Jew, the accuracy of family stories, and the impact of the Holocaust on subsequent generations. How do immigrants weave their sense of identity into their chosen countries? Must we be able to locate ourselves within family and cultural geography to belong?"-- Provided by publisher.
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