Ursula's Legacy: The Story of a German War Bride

By Gerda T Smith and Gerda T Smith

She was leaving her family, friends, home.Would she ever see them again?Ursula's Legacy describes the trials, tribulations, and joys of the life journey of young war bride, leaving her homeland to discover her new country, she would grow to love.In Ursula's Legacy: One War Bride's Story, Gerda T. Smith includes "first person" history of World War II and its painful aftermath, and the necessary adjustments in her later life. She also adds music, art, travel, and a philosophy of learning, living, and loving to enrich her pages, evoking memories, emotions, understanding, and pleasure. This book is more than a story: It is a terrifying adventure of childhood interrupted by sounds of air raids and bombs, fire, smoke, and destruction; hunger, homelessness, and denigrating threats of danger from conquerors of her country. Joy flames and blooms as she shares her love for all of nature, the beauty of her country, and her fierce love for learning, which threads through her new experiences of adjusting to a culture that was strange to her. Throughout her life, her "story" resonates with a keen intellect and a strong will to resolve life's challenges. Her remarkable independence and resilience stirs the imagination as she strives to nurture her family. At last, delight enfolds her in her reluctant, but glad acceptance, of the "one bright moment" of love with her soul mate-and she learns to treasure yesterday, to live today, and to hope for tomorrow.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148206510X
• ISBN13: 9781482065107
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"