Description In her moving and deeply personal memoir, Ella E.
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Now retired, she was a teacher and worked for the U.
Schneider Hilton lives in Virginia.
About the Author Ella E.
It is the story of a girl caught up first in the maelstrom of World War II and then in the complexities of American southern culture, adjusting to events beyond her control with resiliency as she searches for faith, knowledge, and a place in the world.
Poignantly and freshly rendered, this is a tale of determination.
Throughout her ordeals, she never relinquishes hope or sight of her goal of education.
Despite her hard Life as a refugee, Ella finds solace in others and retains her indomitably inquisitive spirit.
Schneider Hilton chronicles her remarkable childhood -- one that took her from the purges of Stalinist Russia to the refugee camps of Nazi and postwar Germany to the cotton fields of Jim Crow Mississippi before granting her access to the American dream.
Description In her moving and deeply personal memoir, Ella E
