Too Many Goodbyes: The Diaries of Susan Garfield

By Susan Garfield and Adara Goldberg and Marietta/Lynda Morry/Muir

The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs

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My mother tried to set my mind at ease, telling me not to worry, but she failed to reassure me. My fears were well-founded, as we soon found out.

In 1944, as Budapest’s Jews begin to suffer under German occupation, eleven-year-old Susie takes to her diary. Precocious and charming, Susie records the mundane along with the poignant, describing her family, friends and her daily life against a backdrop of war and persecution. Soon, Susie’s young life is marred by farewells — to her father, forced into labour service, and then to her mother when collaborators take her away. After the war, Susie makes a fateful decision to embark on a journey to a new country. Lonely and struggling to adapt in Canada, Susie’s diary is now filled with angst. In Too Many Goodbyes, Susan’s memoir picks up the story where her younger self left it — close to finding a place where she truly belongs.

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Publication Date: January 20, 2020

Reading Age: Adult

Genre: Adult Nonfiction

Product Format: Paperback

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9781988065557

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