A LONG LONG TIME AGO AND ESSENTIALLY TRUE by
BRIGID PASUKLA
In a small Gorale village, there begins a love story that endures across time and country. Anielica, the village beauty, is courted by the Pigeon, so named for his pigeon toes. The Pigeon courts Anielica by undertaking to improve her family's home. The villagers approve as the two begin courting by passing notes to each other. But World War II forces itself on the village. Pigeon heads the Polish resistance in the area, while Anielica keeps local traditions alive. After the war they are reunited but face more hardships. Pigeon becomes one of the Communist disappeared. While Anielica tells only stories with happy endings as she raises her granddaughter, Beata. Beata moves to Krakow after the death of her grandmother. Living with her aunt and cousin, she experiences a very different Poland. She struggles to survive in this new world without happy endings. But thanks to the intervention of a stranger from the past, Beata begins to find her way.
A MUST READ for all with Polish ancestry!!!
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