Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America (Hardcover) by Kati Marton

from anieva

Reading some of the comments on the three-starred and fewer-starred reviews here is surprising. One claim is that it is badly written. In what universe? I can agree there is perhaps a bit of dryness, but that's it. The story's substance more than makes up for this. Another criticism, that Marto...

from snash

From memory, their memoirs, interviews and most importantly the Hungarian Secret Service Files and FBI files, the author tells the story of her journalist parents who lived in Budapest from 1947 to 1958 before immigrating to America. It's a fascinating story. I've tended to think the cold war was...

from AnneliM

Discovering their parents lives under the communists in Hungary through the AVO secret service files kept on them for years.

from mahallett

i agree with reviewer 4. very ironic to learn about your parents from scummy secret police files. is it european not to talk about your life? my father never did. found out everything from his sister but i had to keep asking. no police files! my mom was more forthcoming but many things were kept ...

from NellieMc

I was mesmerized by this book. As a younger baby boomer, I don't remember the Hungarian Revolution, but I have a good friend who fled Hungary when he was 8 during this time. He's discussed his memories but Kati brought them to life. She puts everything in the context of people -- there are only a...