Alla Lizzie

By Helen Eichstaedt

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965119300
• ISBN13: 9780965119306
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Kennedy Associates
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Look Back at Immigrant's Lifestyle

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was told in such a way that one never feels sorry for Lizzie (she lost many children and she herself was an orphan). No, this is a story of courage, persistence, faith, love and cooking references (but then what book about German immigrants could really resist passing up a few cooking recipes)? As I read a book hoping to gain insight on the life of my German immigrant grandparents, who had passed away before my arrival; I realize how much immigrants today have everything in common with them, the era might be different but the challenge to seek a promise of a better life in a more politically secure land is a shared ideal. People are people and they desire the best for their children. Lizzie is very human, she shares how she didn't cry when her father died in an accident (he never got over the fact that she wasn't born a boy), to her misgivings of discovering her adoptive father/master made arrangements for her to marry without her knowledge. Gratefully, Lizzie experiences a great match with George and being loved for the first time. It is amazing the hard work these people endured daily and the times of near starvation. It is said that back then people helped each other through the tough times. We saw it after 9-11 but it was very fleeting. This new author has a gentle style that demonstrates a terrific listener, I don't really feel that the mistake about Teddy Roosevelt altered the quality and essence of the story. The real story is about facing daily struggles and perhaps, something we will never relearn, we need each other, maybe is this the reason so many are on antidepressants today?

Loving portrait of a pioneer woman

Helen Eichstaedt lovingly writes the life of her grandmother-in-law in this book. Wonderful details about the life of an immigrant, and the hard times of a pioneer but there are some parts that were not well researched. For example, she writes that Theodore Roosevelt was elected President in 1900 (he became President in 1901 upon President McKinnley's death and wasn't elected in his own right until 1904.) If one can overlook these types of errors, the book is a warm look back at a brave woman who lived through some amazing times.