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The General’s Barber and the Seamstress

A Polish Love Story

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The General’s Barber and the Seamstress

By: Tereska Józefa Buko
Narrated by: Meg Kruszewska
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When Hitler invades Poland in 1939, newlyweds Józef and Marysia Buko are catapulted into a sudden and heart-wrenching seven-year separation. Józef honors the soldier’s code and is forced to fight battles in many foreign lands. Marysia remains in Warsaw to join in the underground resistance against Poland’s Nazi occupiers. Each faces life-threatening situations demanding courage, faith, and resilience if the couple is ever to see each other again.

Many books have been written about the heroic actions following both attacks, but few of these works reveal the consequences of war on the daily lives of ordinary people. The General's Barber and the Seamstress gives a personal and intimate face to balance the military stories.

©2021 Meg Kruszewska (P)2021 Meg Kruszewska Historical Military War
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The story is quite interesting, but the narrator is simply awful. She has no clue how to pronounce Polish words in the story.

Narrator butchers Polish language

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account of two people's lives and love for each other. The narrator was very good.

An amazing....

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this is a beautiful true story easy to get into highly recommended . parts of it reminded me of my own grandfather's war story . throughout the book the two main characters remind you that there is good in this world loved every second .

loved every second

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The problem here is, everyone thinks they have a story to tell but most of us realise that no matter how special it is to us, it's just not that interesting to others. Sorry, but this minutiae of this couple's daily life for seven years is just not that interesting. Could not finish.

Utterly boring.

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