A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True
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A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
On the eve of World War II in a place called Half-Village, a man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. Using his 'golden hands' he decides to turn her family's modest hut into a beautiful home, and build his way into her heart. But war arrives, cutting short their charming courtship and bringing with it terrible events. Fifty years on, young Baba Yaga leaves her village to make a new life in Krakow. What she finds is not the city of her grandmother's tales but a place struggling in the aftermath of communism's fall, where opportunity seems reserved for the lucky few. Then tragedy strikes and the past reaches out an unexpected hand to her. What Louis de Bernieres did for Kefalonia, Brigid Pasulka does for Poland, weaving together the two strands of her story with a deftly magical touch into a witty, wise and heartbreaking love story that will enchant you to the very end.
'Pasulka's delightful debut braids together two tales of old and new Poland[She] creates a world that's magical despite the absence of magical happenings, and where Poland's history is bound up in one family's story.' -- Starred review, Publishers Weekly 'The heartbreaking tales contained within give it a grim and gritty core...Paulka's theme that the human connections are ultimately all that matter is both moving and convincingly told.' -- London Metro 20090819 'The outbreak of WW2 cuts short the US-based courtship between Anielica and a man nicknamed The Pigeon. Their story is interwoven with that of anther polish girl in the modern day.' -- List 20090723 'With a touch of Marina Lewycka and a dash of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, this is storytelling that gets under your skin and forces you to press copies into your best friends' hands.' -- Elle 20090723
Brigid Pasulka is a high school teacher and received an M.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Pasulka, the daughter of Polish immigrants, has lived in Krakow - this story is inspired by her family history and is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340920145 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340920149 |
| Title | A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True |
| Author | Brigid Pasulka |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2009-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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