Books by Donna Solecka Urbikas

In the 1950s, baby boomer Donna Solecka Urbikas grew up in the American Midwest yearning for a "normal" American family. But her Polish-born mother and half sister had endured hunger, disease, and desperate escape from slave labour in Siberia. In this unforgettable memoir, Donna recounts her family history and her own survivor's story.

An American baby boomer's searing memoir of the ordeals of her Polish mother and stepsister as slave laborers in Siberia who escaped and survived, leaving a legacy of trauma to the next generation.