Memoir Narrates the Physical and Emotional Adventures a Family Experienced Throughout a Lifetime
GREENSBORO, N.C. (PRWEB) January 16, 2019 -- Marguerite Prager-Thomson’s mother, Charline, came from a rural hamlet in the Burgundy region of France. Her father, Eric, from a rich Viennese family, was an Austrian Jew who spent the war hiding from the Nazis. It is their love story that sets the stage for a history of struggle, immigration and integration. In “Marguerite de Bourgogne” (published by LifeRich Publishing), Prager-Thomson tells her family’s story, beginning with her parents and her birth during World War II. For more details about the book, please visit https://www.amazon.com/Marguerite-Bourgogne-Prager-Thomson-Bernadette-Davis/dp/1489720413.
In this memoir, she chronicles her history, both the good and the bad — from her early life in Paris, her immigration to the United States and Chicago, her graduation from the University of Illinois and her parents’ acclimation to life in America. She tells how she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age 14 and how that disease has affected her.
“This is a humorous, touching chronicle of life’s little adventures. It is about the emotions of a child going through several immigrations,” Prager-Thomson says. “They are true and hopefully you will feel the emotions as I did.”
An excerpt from the book:
As far as my mother, obedience was out. He was the head of the family and he admired her steadfast giving of herself, both as mother and spouse. She was by his side in the hospital, after each operation, even every day after work, and she took care of checking over taxes, finding errors of the accountants. Dinner was ready, waiting for him, even when she worked late. The house was under her care, as were my sister and I, on a daily basis, when we were small children. Whatever they went through since they met in the Paris of 1939, my sweetest memory is of her at his bedside in 1999. Papa was ninety years old.
“Nini,” said Maman to him, “Tu m’aimes?” At the question, “Do you love me?” Papa opened his eyes wide and turned his head toward her face. “Toute la vie.” All my life.
“Marguerite de Bourgogne”
By Marguerite Prager-Thomson
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 156 pages | ISBN 9781489720412
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 156 pages | ISBN 9781489720405
E-Book | 156 pages | ISBN 9781489720429
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Marguerite Prager-Thomson was born in France during World War II, and her family immigrated to the United States in 1952. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in teaching Spanish and taught at high school and college levels. She met her husband in 1977 and has traveled with him to assignments in Germany, Louisiana, Massachusetts and finally to Greensboro.
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