A Lamp Lights The Way Back

From my book

I sometimes think I met my grandfather, but I didn't. I could not have met him, as he had died long before I was born. I just met him in my granny's memories. I found out what it was like to live under Stalin's rule. It was a cruel period of time. Never did fears disappear from my granny's eyes. My grandparents and parents had to live with some scary thoughts of being imprisoned or exiled to Siberia. My grandfather was a medical doctor. Mostly intellectual and educated people were arrested first. My grandfather was one of them. One night he did not come back home. My granny did not sleep at night. She sent her teenage daughters to the bedroom to sleep and began packing the suitcase. First of all she packed the warm clothes, woollen socks and stockings, that she had knitted herself. My mother was her oldest daughter. She pretended as if she was sleeping, but she was thinking of the black car, taking people away from their homes. My mother was told why the people in their neighbourhood were afraid to say a word about that evil night car. She had already survived diphtheria and felt weak. My granny thought what would happen to her in a camp in cold winters of Siberia. It was not karma but a project to make innocent people suffer...
Product details
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D2LNXRV6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (April 22, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 67 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8323639717
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.71 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.16 x 9 inches

Product details
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D2DJ526Y
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2047 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 70 pages
A Lamp Lights The Way Back A Memoir by Anahit Arustamyan
A Lamp Lights The Way Back A Memoir by Anahit Arustamyan
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