Dora B : A Memoir of My Mother

By Josiane Behmoiras

Dora Bis a poignant, often painful, memoir of an extraordinary life. It is part tribute, part exploration of a mother-daughter relationship, and part attempt to come to terms with a haunting past.The story is sketched through Josiane's memories of childhood with loving, courageous and quirky Dora - first in France and later in a migrant camp in Israel. Their life is strange, shifting and mostly hand-to-mouth. In a world intolerant of margin-dwellers, Dora's eccentricities fuel prejudice and violence.Yet bleakness is punctuated by bright imagery. Josiane's writing is both elegant and eloquent, giving this remarkable memoir great intensity and an unexpected lightness.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670028657
• ISBN13: 9780670028658
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.3"