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A review by yoteach87
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
4.0
In my senior English class we are doing a literature unit on the Jewish holocaust. Wanting to know more about the topic, I checked out Georgia Hunter's "We Were the Lucky Ones" - a story of one family's survival during the holocaust. Before reading, I had a limited grasp on this period of world history. Hunter puts meticulous details, mostly from the perspective of the Poles, that it feels like history coming alive with each page. That statement rings true especially when you consider that this novel is based on Hunter's own family. She essentially took on a quest to find out more about her past and turned it into a full-fledged story.
"We Were the Lucky Ones" is a story about determination and the importance of family. It is within these pages that we learn the close calls of survival. If only this had happened, or if they weren't at this place at the right time, it could have ended only in tragedy. Although the book does not explicitly mention a faith in God, mentions of prayer are there but few and far between, you can see His work in keeping the family safe. Of the 30,000 Jews I'm their hometown of Radom only 300 survived including the entire immediate Kurc family.
By book's end you feel like an honorary member of the Kurc family. You've read their struggles, their attempts of survival, the sacrifices they made to keep their family together. Although it does take a few chapters to get going, this story of a Jewish family is certainly worth a read. 4/5.
"We Were the Lucky Ones" is a story about determination and the importance of family. It is within these pages that we learn the close calls of survival. If only this had happened, or if they weren't at this place at the right time, it could have ended only in tragedy. Although the book does not explicitly mention a faith in God, mentions of prayer are there but few and far between, you can see His work in keeping the family safe. Of the 30,000 Jews I'm their hometown of Radom only 300 survived including the entire immediate Kurc family.
By book's end you feel like an honorary member of the Kurc family. You've read their struggles, their attempts of survival, the sacrifices they made to keep their family together. Although it does take a few chapters to get going, this story of a Jewish family is certainly worth a read. 4/5.