Kirjahaku

Elizabeth and the Potato Dolly is a nostalgic look at yesteryear too precious to sweep into the dustbin of history. It is sure to charm all lovers of Americana from ages three to one hundred and three. Unique among pioneer stories with its reenactment at a living history museum, the artfully done photographs bring authenticity to the story.Elizabeth is sent to the root cellar to fetch potatoes for her Pappa's dinner. When she doesn't return promptly, her mother repeatedly calls but "Elizabeth does not answer and Elizabeth does not come." This parallelism tickles young readers as does Mama's elongated calling, "Eliiiiii-zabeth." The children become intrigued to know what has become of Elizabeth. Since the story lends itself to reenactment, it works extremely well in a venue where children in the audience can become involved as the characters in the story.

Elizabeth and the Potato Dolly is a nostalgic look at yesteryear too precious to sweep into the dustbin of history. It is sure to charm all lovers of Americana from ages three to one hundred and three. Unique among pioneer stories with its reenactment at a living history museum, the artfully done photographs bring authenticity to the story.This book was made beautiful that it might become n heirloom in your family as it is in ours. It is the story of a lost time where a five and a half year old girl tells a story handed down from her grandmother to her mother to her rural, one-room school house. The origins of Elizabeth and the Potato Dolly could have immigrated with pioneers from England settling the west or it could go come to America from settlers before the American Revolution from Germany or Holland. Elizabeth is sent to the root cellar to fetch potatoes for her Pappa's dinner. When she doesn't return promptly, her mother repeatedly calls but "Elizabeth does not answer and Elizabeth does not come." This parallelism tickles young readers as does Mama's elongated calling, "Eliiiiii-zabeth." The children become intrigued to know what has become of Elizabeth.

Sasha defines Valentina as poison when he first meets her on the Kamchatka peninsula. She is challenged by his air of superiority and vows to humble him. Sasha can't resist her, and by the time she leaves to return to Moscow, his beloved homeland has become its own prison. Sasha bids Kamchatka proshchai (farewell) and follows Valentina there, intending to persuade her to return as his wife. He arrives in Moscow just as Valentina is set to leave for England to continue her spy training prior to deployment to France. Sasha joins the Russian Army, is captured by the Germans, and is recruited into the pro-German "Russian Liberation Army," and also sent to France. There, he and Valentina meet again. Seeing the war is about to end and that a Russian who has fought on the western front most likely will face execution or a hard labor camp, Valentina defects to the United States. Feeling responsible for Sasha, Valentina is able to communicate how she can be reached if he can defect. He does, and they become uneasy roommates. Valentina got religion during the war and will not permit smoking, alcohol, or pre-marital sex in the home they rent. Valentina can work and socialize in the community, because her impeccable English lets her hide in plain sight. But Sasha is a virtual house prisoner whose only language is Russian. If it is known they are Russians, they will be accused as spies in a nation gripped by McCarthyism. If they are repatriated according to the Yalta agreement at the end of the war, they will certainly be executed. The issue comes to a head when Valentina's date declares it his patriotic duty to root out infiltrating Russian spies. Years in writing, the novel is thoroughly researched for historical and geographic accuracy.