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Almost a Great Escape
- Narrateur(s): Mike Vendetti
- Durée: 6 h et 51 min
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Description
Following his mother's death, in 2004, Tyler Trafford discovers an album of old letters and creased photographs that reveal a mother he never knew, a man he's never heard of, and a love affair doomed by class and circumstance. The letters are from Jens Mller, a Norwegian pilot who trained in Canada during the early days of World War II, one of only three prisoners who would make it home after The Great Escape.
In Almost a Great Escape, Trafford takes us on a journey of emotional discovery and dramatic disclosure as he reconstructs his mother's life, from her youth as a wealthy Montreal debutante to her final days as a broken but unbent casualty of a loveless marriage. His search for answers takes him across Canada and then across the ocean to Norway, hoping to learn more about the mystery of this secret relationship.
Written with a fluidity fueled by heart-wrenching honesty, Trafford's unconventional memoir confirms that while you can survive your past, you can never escape from it.
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- Roberta W
- 2021-11-28
Fantastic story
What an interesting book, a blend of a biographical tale, a biography about the author’s mother and a stunning slice of WWII history involving one of the three survivors of the ‘great escape’.
I enjoy books that emerge from the mystery of a parent’s papers left behind after death, and this one did not disappoint. His mother was a writer, so the her musings on her craft were an amusing bonus.
If you have not read The Great Escape, or have only seen the movie, I highly recommend the Audible audiobook as a prelude to this; I listened to it just a few months before I stumbled on this book, and I liked that order.
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