Little Girl Lost
Little Girl Lost by Barbie Probert-Wright is an illustrated edition published by Arrow Books in 2006, featuring 447 pages in English. This book recounts the extraordinary true story of two sisters, Barbie and Eva, who faced the harrowing realities of wartorn Germany in 1945. Separated from their mother and with their father missing, the sisters are confronted with the daunting decision to either endure an impending invasion or embark on a perilous journey to find their mother.
Readers will discover the challenges and resilience of the sisters as they traverse over three hundred miles through a devastated landscape. The narrative highlights themes of survival, family bonds, and the impact of war on personal lives. As Barbie, the younger sister, joins Eva in their quest, they encounter both unimaginable hardships and acts of kindness along the way. This memoir delves into the complexities of their relationship and the lasting effects of their experiences during a tumultuous period in European history.
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Two sisters. A broken childhood. A heartbreaking journey.
The extraordinary true story of surviving the unimaginable …
In 1945, seven-year-old Barbie and her sister Eva were trapped, terrified, in wartorn Germany. With their father missing, and hundreds of miles from their mother, news of the approaching army left them confronted with an impossible choice- to face invasion, or to flee on foot.
Eva, aged nineteen, was determined to find her mother. For Barbie, twelve years younger, the journey was to be more perilous but, spurred on by her sister’s courage and her desperate desire to be reunited with her mother, she joined Eva on a journey no child should ever have to endure.
Over three hundred miles across a country ravaged by a terrible war, they encountered unimaginable hardship, extraordinary courage and overwhelming generosity. Against all the odds, they survived. But neither sister came out of the journey unscathed …
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