This is the dream of a grandson, who had taken his grandmother for granted, to have a second chance, the opportunity to learn about his family from the only person in the world who knew them, who remembered them. My father remembers nothing about his real parents for they were dead by the time he was nine. Olga, his mother’s younger sister, survived the Holocaust, found my father hiding on a farm in Poland and later brought him to America to raise as her own. He never asked her any questions about his parents. Though I later moved in with Olga for a period of time, I repeated history and never asked her the questions my father never asked. Olga has been gone for more than twenty years, along with everything she could have told me, leaving me with a sense of guilt and profound regret. The Conversations We Never Had is a chronicle of my time spent with Grandma “Ola” and tells the stories she might have shared had I asked the questions.
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Summary
Regretting that he'd never asked his grandmother about her life, the author explores how he wishes he'd done so.
Sometimes in life, we look back and wish we'd asked more questions, listened more to those who had gone through extraordinary circumstances. I found it fascinating to read how this grandson, in the wake of this remarkable woman's death, explores what he would now ask her if he had the chance and what might have been her answers.
Detailing the effects of the Holocaust, I would definitely recommend this to readers who enjoy that kind of book and who, like many of us, wish they'd taken the time to have deep conversations with their grandparents.
I was provided with a free copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.