A Fifty-Year Silence : Love, War, and a Ruined House in France (Paperback)

from Judiex

Miranda had a close relationship with her grandmother Anna. Born in Romania and going to college in France, Anna came to the United States after World War II and worked as a psychiatrist. Her last job was the supervising psychiatrist at a New York state mental hospital. She was a perpetually opti...

from tjsjohanna

Tracing the journey the author went on in search of understanding her grandparents, this memoir wanders through the chaotic life they led as refugees during the war. It is only in the end, as the author explores their life post war, that the explanation is discovered in its enormity and intimacy....

from Beamis12

3.5 A search by a grand-daughter for the truth of the relationship between her grandparents who have not talked about or to each other for fifty years. War time experiences have left scars for many so it is not surprising that this story is filled with anguish, confusion and sadness but it is als...

from spounds

In A Fifty-Year Silence, Miranda Mouillot tries to learn what drove her grandparents to split soon after WWII. Interestingly, both of her grandparents were alive well into Miranda's adulthood and she spent a lot of time with each, so it's not like she couldn't just ask them. But the split was so ...

from linda.marsheells

A solid 3.5 stars. I enjoyed this book, was able to follow the flow of the story-line, tho at times wishing i could tweak it, and was impressed with the descriptive style. Overall? Kudos to Miranda Mouillot for jumping in with both feet to give us the story of her grandparents. I started initiall...