Melissa
@nymelb86.bsky.social
Using all my tools to rise to this challenge of thriving in spite of it all: Meditation, books, wine, TV, movies, and your posts. No private chats. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 BFF 🇨🇦. Stop Krasnov and his evil minion Elmo Must
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by a friend. They kept a suitcase with her notebook in it. But didn’t read it till the early 2000s. They were shocked to find the first two novels of Suite Francaise, published in 2004.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
by a friend. They kept a suitcase with her notebook in it. But didn’t read it till the early 2000s. They were shocked to find the first two novels of Suite Francaise, published in 2004.
living into cinematic fiction. She planned 1000 page 5 novella opus on what she was living through. They had two daughters. She was arrested, taken to Auschwitz and died shortly of typhus. Her husband was arrested a few weeks later and was murdered (genocided?) in Auschwitz. Daughters were cared for
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
living into cinematic fiction. She planned 1000 page 5 novella opus on what she was living through. They had two daughters. She was arrested, taken to Auschwitz and died shortly of typhus. Her husband was arrested a few weeks later and was murdered (genocided?) in Auschwitz. Daughters were cared for
In the mid 30s they converted to Catholicism. As if that mattered. They fled Paris and lived in an occupied village. Prior to all this she was a successful novelist. But as a stateless person of Jewish descent she was not allowed to publish. Instead she kept journals and turned the events she was
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In the mid 30s they converted to Catholicism. As if that mattered. They fled Paris and lived in an occupied village. Prior to all this she was a successful novelist. But as a stateless person of Jewish descent she was not allowed to publish. Instead she kept journals and turned the events she was
fiction. Irene was a Russian-Ukrainian Jews from Kiev. Her grandfather was a wealthy grain merchant. The Bolsheviks took it all.They fled, bopped around Europe escaping anti-semitism, and rebuilding a fortune.Ending up in Paris where she met her husband Michel Epstein(no relation…you know I checked)
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
fiction. Irene was a Russian-Ukrainian Jews from Kiev. Her grandfather was a wealthy grain merchant. The Bolsheviks took it all.They fled, bopped around Europe escaping anti-semitism, and rebuilding a fortune.Ending up in Paris where she met her husband Michel Epstein(no relation…you know I checked)
For the most part the Germans were portrayed positively. Written in 1940 or so, they had yet to achieve uber-villain status. I expected it to end with the stoning of women with shaved heads who fraternized. And maybe it would have…. The back story to these books is even more compelling than the
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For the most part the Germans were portrayed positively. Written in 1940 or so, they had yet to achieve uber-villain status. I expected it to end with the stoning of women with shaved heads who fraternized. And maybe it would have…. The back story to these books is even more compelling than the
abandoned estate. He warned the kids not to go into the mansion. He woke to two kids sneaking into the house. He followed them in and it went all Lord of the Flies. I’m not gonna tell you. Read it. Dolce presents the diverse reactions, ambivalent emotions of sharing living space with Nazi soldiers.
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
abandoned estate. He warned the kids not to go into the mansion. He woke to two kids sneaking into the house. He followed them in and it went all Lord of the Flies. I’m not gonna tell you. Read it. Dolce presents the diverse reactions, ambivalent emotions of sharing living space with Nazi soldiers.
stories were vividly described as if it were the actual events I was experiencing. One scene from June that I will take to my grave is the priests fate. He was escorting kids out of Paris to the countryside. His vehicle was commandeered. So they continued on foot. Camped on the grounds of an
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
stories were vividly described as if it were the actual events I was experiencing. One scene from June that I will take to my grave is the priests fate. He was escorting kids out of Paris to the countryside. His vehicle was commandeered. So they continued on foot. Camped on the grounds of an
I like to think he’s not getting any
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I like to think he’s not getting any
It’s Terrier Tuesday?
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It’s Terrier Tuesday?
LMK when there is something to buy🙂
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
LMK when there is something to buy🙂
Found it. Foreshadowd by Twain: Never wrestle with a pig. You will get dirty and the pig will like it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Found it. Foreshadowd by Twain: Never wrestle with a pig. You will get dirty and the pig will like it.