Brave Face : The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child

Meta A Evenbly

ISBN 10: 9493276651 / ISBN 13: 9789493276659

Published by Amsterdam Publishers Nov 2022, 2022

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Neuware - A human story of resilience in the face of evil; a memoir to be cherished. - Dr. Hemchand Gossai, Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences As the daughter of a Dutch postman and his German wife, five-year-old Meta finds her life totally changed when WWII begins. Meta's anxiety is exacerbated by der Stiefel, a Nazi soldier who haunts her. Life continues downhill until starvation renders the formerly vivacious child so weak that she doesn't care if she dies. After the war ends, poverty, prejudice, and PTSD continue to dog her every step, and Meta finds herself unable to pursue her dream of becoming a physician. Should she give in to despair, just put on a brave face, or accept reality and work towards those goals that are still possible.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brave Face : The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child
• Publisher: Amsterdam Publishers Nov 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9493276651
• ISBN 13: 9789493276659
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 16D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 386 grams

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Synopsis

A human story of resilience in the face of evil; a memoir to be cherished. - Dr. Hemchand Gossai, Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences

As the daughter of a Dutch postman and his German wife, five-year-old Meta finds her life totally changed when WWII begins. Meta’s anxiety is exacerbated by der Stiefel, a Nazi soldier who haunts her. Life continues downhill until starvation renders the formerly vivacious child so weak that she doesn’t care if she dies.

After the war ends, poverty, prejudice, and PTSD continue to dog her every step, and Meta finds herself unable to pursue her dream of becoming a physician. Should she give in to despair, just put on a brave face, or accept reality and work towards those goals that are still possible?

About the Author

 I. Caroline Crocker, PhD, is both Meta's daughter and an immigrant to the US. Over the past 20 years, Caroline has worked as a biology professor, the chief executive officer (CEO) of a startup company, the president of a nonprofit, a private tutor, a technical writer, a research scientist, a consultant, and a communications expert. She maintains a blog, Rambling Ruminations, and is the author or coauthor of 14 nonacademic books, including eight children's books and two about World War II (so far). Caroline is married to Richard and has four grown children and eight grandchildren.    

Meta A Evenbly, who lived the story told in Brave Face, was born in 1935 to a Dutch father and a German mother and grew up in the Netherlands. When she had just turned 17 years old, she met the love of her life, Frits, who was born to Dutch parents in the Congo, but then grew up in the Netherlands. Meta raised her five children in three different countries, none of them her country of origin. She graduated cum laude with a degree in Liberal Arts from St. Thomas University in philosophy, psychology, and theology at the age of 59.