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We All Giggled: A Bourgeois Family Memoir
Thomas O. Hueglin
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Description for We All Giggled: A Bourgeois Family Memoir
Paperback. Tells the stories of two families that come together in postwar Germany. Through the eyes of a boy growing up in an environment of bourgeois stability, this title presents a tapestry of anecdotes about the kind of 'impromptu reactions to people, places, and situations that often result in uncontrollable giggles'. Num Pages: 246 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
We All Giggled tells the stories of two families that came together when the author's parents met and married in 1945. The Hüglins had lost most of their fortune in the course of two world wars, and the Wachendorff s had survived the Nazi years despite their Jewish ancestry. The families' roots are traced back to a vineyard in southern Germany, a jail in Geneva, the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, and the hometown of a Jewish merchant in Silesia.
We All Giggled tells the stories of two families that came together when the author's parents met and married in 1945. The Hüglins had lost most of their fortune in the course of two world wars, and the Wachendorff s had survived the Nazi years despite their Jewish ancestry. The families' roots are traced back to a vineyard in southern Germany, a jail in Geneva, the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, and the hometown of a Jewish merchant in Silesia.
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Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
360 g
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781554582624
SKU
V9781554582624
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About Thomas O. Hueglin
Thomas O. Hueglin grew up in Germany and moved to Canada in 1983. He is a professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University. His most recent book publications are Comparative Federalism and Classical Debates for the Twenty-first Century: Rethinking Political Thought. He lives in New Dundee, Ontario.
Reviews for We All Giggled: A Bourgeois Family Memoir
"This book reminds us what the ideal family actually is: a collection of colourful, delightfully imperfect people who have, for better and worse, made up the music of our lives. May we all remember and honour our families with such care, respect, and willingness to giggle and forgive."
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