LEADER 04929nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910453794903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-226-52948-7 010 $a1-281-96597-9 010 $a9786611965976 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226529486 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579685 035 $a(EBL)408593 035 $a(OCoLC)435643561 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259340 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203930 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259340 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273252 035 $a(PQKB)10281098 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000311535 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12083453 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311535 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10329330 035 $a(PQKB)11105923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408593 035 $a(DE-B1597)523835 035 $a(OCoLC)781255310 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226529486 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408593 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266062 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196597 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579685 100 $a20060620e20062005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe tiger in the attic$b[electronic resource] $ememories of the Kindertransport and growing up English /$fEdith Milton 205 $aPaperback ed. 210 $aChicago, Ill. $cUniversity of Chicago Press ;$aBristol $cUniversity Presses Marketing [distributor]$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2005. 311 $a0-226-52947-9 311 $a0-226-52946-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tGetting There -- $tEggs -- $tThe Second Year of the War -- $tLeeds -- $tDown in the Forest -- $tMutti and Pappi -- $tThe Tiger in the Attic -- $tJesus and Me -- $tDried Eggs and Puberty -- $tWar and Peace -- $tSaint Bride's -- $tLeaving -- $tOcean Crossing -- $tChamber Music -- $tUnderstanding Mother -- $tWeather 330 $aIn 1939, on the eve of Hitler's invasion of Poland, seven-year-old Edith Milton (then Edith Cohn) and her sister Ruth left Germany by way of the Kindertransport, the program which gave some 10,000 Jewish children refuge in England. The two were given shelter by a jovial, upper-class British foster family with whom they lived for the next seven years. Edith chronicles these transformative experiences of exile and good fortune in The Tiger in the Attic, a touching memoir of growing up as an outsider in a strange land. In this illuminating chronicle, Edith describes how she struggled to fit in and to conquer self-doubts about her German identity. Her realistic portrayal of the seemingly mundane yet historically momentous details of daily life during World War II slowly reveals istelf as a hopeful story about the kindness and generosity of strangers. She paints an account rich with colorful characters and intense relationships, uncanny close calls and unnerving bouts of luck that led to survival. Edith's journey between cultures continues with her final passage to America-yet another chapter in her life that required adjustment to a new world-allowing her, as she narrates it here, to visit her past as an exile all over again. The Tiger in the Attic is a literary gem from a skilled fiction writer, the story of a thoughtful and observant child growing up against the backdrop of the most dangerous and decisive moment in modern European history. Offering a unique perspective on Holocaust studies, this book is both an exceptional and universal story of a young German-Jewish girl caught between worlds. "Adjectives like 'audacious' and 'eloquent,' 'enchanting' and 'exceptional' require rationing. . . . But what if the book demands these terms and more? Such is the case with The Tiger in the Attic, Edith Milton's marvelous memoir of her childhood."-Kerry Fried, Newsday "Milton is brilliant at the small stroke . . . as well as broader ones."-Alana Newhouse, New York Times Book Review 606 $aJewish children$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aJews$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aJews, German$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aKindertransports (Rescue operations)$zEngland 606 $aRefugee children$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aJewish refugees$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChildren$zEngland 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJewish children 615 0$aJews 615 0$aJews, German 615 0$aKindertransports (Rescue operations) 615 0$aRefugee children 615 0$aJewish refugees 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChildren 676 $a940.53180922 700 $aMilton$b Edith$0919290 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453794903321 996 $aThe tiger in the attic$92061794 997 $aUNINA