Traversing the vast canvas of wartime Europe with three young children in tow, Lea somehow makes it through, relying mostly on her wits and the kindness of strangers. Mine stories-mine life-I vant you should make a book from these tings, a book to tell vhat I did to bring mine children here to this country.” It is precisely these “tings” that are vividly choreographed as Lea Lazega, a young Jewish mother living a fairly idyllic life in Belgium, sees her life upended as the Nazis come knocking on the family’s door. It was a request that Bubbie’s grandson would not easily forget: “I vant you should write these tings down. Lazega’s ( Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law and Practice, 2014, etc.) first foray into narrative nonfiction chronicles the life of his fearless Bubbie, a tough-as-nails Holocaust survivor.
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