In Search of Susanna
Download or Read eBook In Search of Susanna PDF written by Suzanne L. Bunkers and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Suzanne L. Bunkers |
| Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| ISBN-10 | : 158729026X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781587290268 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis In Search of Susanna by : Suzanne L. Bunkers
Book excerpt: On a summer day in 1980 in Niederfeulen, Luxembourg, Suzanne Bunkers pored over parish records of her maternal ancestors, immigrants to the rural American Midwest in the mid 1800s. Suddenly, chance led her to the name Simmerl and to the missing piece in the genealogical puzzle that had brought her so far: Susanna Simmerl, Bunkers' paternal great-great-grandmother, who had given birth to an illegitimate daughter in 1856 before coming to America. Finding Susanna was the catalyst for Bunkers' intensely personal book, which blends history, memory, and imagination into a drama of two women's lives within their multigenerational family.
