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The author spent the first 15 years of her life in HUNGARY as an only CHILD TO 2 HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PARENTS. in 1963 she moved, together with her parents, to the United States. The memoir describes life under COMMUNISM/SOCIALISM as well as the HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION of 1956. It also describes the IMMIGRATION experience for younger as well as older
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