Tomorrow Will Be Better: A True Story of Love and One Family's Triumph Over the Horrors of World War II

by Zdena Kapral

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094317368X
• ISBN13: 9780943173689
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Harbinger House
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Tomorrow Will Be Better: A True Story of Love and One Family's Triumph over the Horrors of World Wa

Excellent and well-written book. Recommended reading for young adults and older. We must all remember what atrocities were committed in Europe and other countries. It is a testament to the human spirit and the capacity to survive terrible circumstances. This book will become a permanent part of our family's library.

A Lasting Impression

Out of gratitude to the American people, the author and her husband distributed this book to public libraries at no cost when they published the book in the early 1990's. That is how the book fell into my hands, as I was employed as a librarian at the time. I am happy to see that over the years this book has developed a following of sorts because it has made a lasting impression on me. Before reading the Kaprals' account of their life in Czechoslovakia before, during and after World War II, I was ignorant of the hardships imposed on the Czech population by the Nazis and the "liberating" Russians. However, I have never forgotten the events that Zdena Kapral vividly described in this memoir of her family and which left me with a deep appreciation of the pervasiveness of the Nazi hostilities. It is easy to focus on the atrocities committed in the infamous concentration camps. This book conveys the reality that much larger populations lived in the shadow of imminent Nazi threat throughout the war and that, for purely geopolitical reasons, some of these populations were then deprived of the expected post-war recovery for decades to come. In doing so, Zdena Kapral's account not only shines light on less familiar history for the typical American reader but also provides insight into the economic challenges confronting Eastern Europe today.

Absolutely a must read!!!

I received this book as a present, for attending charitable dinner from the local Sokol. I could not put it down after I started reading it. The story moved me especially because my grandparents were immigrants. The fact that this was not just another story but actually Zdena's personal account of events that happened in her life is absolutely awe inspiring. So much pain but so much more love. I strongly urge anyone who is interested in the Czech Republic or any other Eastern European countries to pick this up and give it a read. For all those misinformed conspirists out there that dare to say that there was never a Holocaust should open their eyes and read this book. The victims died in vain if we do not remember them!

True Heroism

The book describes the true story of a Czech family from before World War II, the betrayal of the Allies, the Nazi horror, "liberation " by the Russians, the conversion of the country to communism, escape to India, enduring the bloody revolution of India, and finally safety into Australia. The strength of Zdena throughout this, as well as the countless anonymous strangers that fought the evil, makes this one of the most memorable books made. Unlike many books on the holocaust, the family is not portrayed as "victims", rather as people who combat the surrounding evil in every way possible.