Seeking Shelter: Memoir of a Jewish Girlhood in Wartime Britain

"Seeking Shelter" chronicles the wartime experiences of Cynthia Ehrenkrantz, from age six to twelve during WWII in England. As an only child in a Jewish family, Cynthia's comfortable life is transformed by food shortages, gas masks, and air-raid sirens. Sent away to avoid bombings, she faces bullies and frequent dashes to shelters. Amidst hardship, moments of joy emerge in school plays and holiday celebrations. Through a child's perspective, this memoir captures the mixed realities of war, leaving lasting impressions into adulthood.

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About the Author: Cynthia Ehrenkrantz
When Britain declared war on Germany on September 3rd, 1939, six-year-old Cynthia Ehrenkrantz's idyllic childhood changed abruptly as her parents made every effort to keep her safe from Hitler's air raids.. Her book describes the six years of Word War 2 from a child's point of view: evacuation, rationing, the London Blitz, V-1 rocket attacks, and many more warttme experiences are vividly depicted in Seeking Shelter, her debut memoir.
Cynthia Ehrenkrantz was six in 1939 when Britain entered World
War II. She was twelve in 1945 when the war ended. Seeking
Shelter is her vivid child's-eye account of life in wartime England
as she lived it: an adored only child in a large Jewish clan whose
comfortable existence becomes one of food shortages, gas masks
and air-raid sirens, and - worst of all - being sent away for months and years at a stretch to escape German bombs.
Contending with bullies, rushing from a warm bed to a backyard
shelter when sirens wail. Life is hard but also good: shining in a school play, collecting foil for the war effort, celebrating Passover... These are the mixed realities of wartime that mark young Cynthia forever in
ways only adult Cynthia can understand.

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