Love for Family, Friends, and Books.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (375 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Photographs -- Preface -- 1 Family -- 2 Church -- 3 Garden -- 4 Pets -- 5 School -- 6 University-Marriage-Birth of Thomas -- 7 Melchior Wańkowicz -- 8 House on Studencka Street -- 9 The Writer's Illness -- 10 Burial of Wańkowicz -- 11 Fortune Teller -- 12 England Again -- 13 Apartment on Kmicica Street -- 14 First Book: Near Wańkowicz -- 15 Ship Cruise -- 16 Radziejowice-Professor Władysław Tatarkiewicz -- 17 Thomas' School -- 18 Nieborów -- 19 Zakopane -- 20 Roman Rodziewicz -- 21 Canada -- 22 Return to Poland -- 23 Visiting the United States -- 24 Norman -- 25 Notes and Thoughts -- Endnotes (by Agnieszka Maria Gernand) -- Index -- About the Author.
An autobiography unlike other literary forms shows the ego of an author. Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm's ego is delicate, fascinating, and courageous. Some fragments are almost like a movie with interesting dialog, compelling moments, and realistic characters.