Julian Padowicz

In 1939, Yulian and his mother have to flee their home. Their plan is to escape Poland, as Jews they have the Nazis at their heels. Their escape plan includes hiring a local mountaineer and crossing the Carpathian Mountains on foot. The mother and son have never traversed such a terrain especially on foot.
Mother's ultimate plan is to make it to America and write a book about the horrors and difficulties she experienced. Will she reach her destination, she does not know, but she and Yulian will fight with all their might to reach their destination and keep on living.… (meer)

I won this book at Member Giveaways.
I liked the book and the characters. I sympathized with the main characters.
A pity that on 2/3 of the book the writer told me something I simply refused to believe.
The contract with the reader was broken, and it did not come back.
I have the feeling that the book is largely autobiographical. But you cannot always write what is true, you do have to make the reader believe.
If you are prepared to believe the writer and if you are prepared to forgive him the 'lapse', you will enyoy the book.
One last remark though: in the last part of the book the pace was too fast.… (meer)