HALINA Growing up in occupied Poland during World War II

“In this gripping first-person account of the Nazi occupation of Poland, Halina Johnson describes her personal experiences of those historical events. In a way, Halina tells two stories in this book: one, the diary-like account of a child growing to womanhood, and another, the inspirational chronicle of a small country’s bravery.
Her own story is so interweaved with Poland’s that it becomes a single narrative told from several perspectives. It is Halina’s ability to wind these accounts seamlessly into a single narrative that gives the book epic quality”.