Senzi" A Woman to Remember is a unique POW memoir from World War 2, reflecting not only on the dangers and suffering of modern warfare, but, more importantly, on the lives of American GIs and German peasants thrown together is a system of forced farm labor. The way they related to one another as the war surged around them brings to the fore the values that, among ardinary people, unite even bitter enemies.
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As a 20-year-old, novelist Jagoda spent a year as a WWII German prisoner of war in Bebenhausen ("a Swabian hamlet of 300 souls" between Bavaria and Switzerland), and in this short memoir portrays the lives and relationships of American prisoners, German guards and the farm community where he was kept. Senzi, or Crescent Markthaler, was an unmarried 40-year-old German Catholic the author developed a deep friendship with, working daily on her family's farm. She had been the only person in town to vote against the Nazis and remained defiant in her willingness to embrace the young American without regard to the opinions of her gruff brother and nephew. Jagoda speaks German, and his position as interpreter allows insights into the Germans (via lots of reconstructed dialogue) otherwise absent from many POW memoirs. ("A truly modern shitter, no, Herr Robart?" wryly remarks one guard at a hole in their quarters' floor.) By the time Jagoda escapes near war's end, he's had time to describe perceptively a great deal of Swabian farm family culture, his platonic friendship with Senzi and his own war stories. Those with an interest in the small corners of war will be satisfied. (Dec.) Forecast: "Designed to fill the void between conventional print publishers and the new breed of vanity publishers," Superior books hopes to give "undiscovered writing talent a real chance to be discovered by mainstream publishers and by the reading public." This genial memoir may not break directly onto the shelves, but it points to a middle way for getting off the slush pile and onto Amazon.
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Publishers Weekly, the leading publication for the book publishing industry has honored Senzi with a very favorable review, vindicating our own judgment that the book is a POW memoir with few equals. Humor, human values, danger, and an understanding of war are among the many facets of this warm and moving work.
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A magnificently crafted literary treat,
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Bob Jagoda is a gifted writer whose memoir portrays in fascinating style the life of an American POW. Jagoda has a superb ear for the spoken language, and a facility with the written word that make this book a must-read. My wife and I loved this book!
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Memorable,
By "sbcustservice" (Miami, FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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Senzi is certainly a woman to remember. A true story that puts the usual POW memoir to shame. Fascinating and hopeful.
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A Memoir to Remember,
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In this simple and affectingly told memoir, a young World War II American prisoner of war develops a subtle and complex relationship with an older German woman, at whose farm he is held as a laborer. Looking back on the experience from the perspective of over 50 years, Jagoda discovers meanings he could only sense at the time. A moving and unusual drama of two people discovering -- and supporting -- each other in spite of the demands of their wartime roles and differences of their life experiences.
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