This is an amazing book to read. It is scary that a persons country can turn against its citizen and get away with it. If you like history, you should read this book. If you like women's studies, you should read this book. It also has a second book (Within the Whirlwind) that tells the rest of her story. Highly recommended!
By the late 1930s, Eugenia Ginzburg had been a loyal and very active member of the Communist Party for many years in Russia. Yest like the million of others who suffered during Stalin's reign of terror, she was arrested on trumped-up charges and sentenced to prison. With an amazing eye for detail and profound strength and indefatigable spirit, Ginzburg recounts the years, days, and minutes she endured in prisons and labor camps, including 2 years of solitary confinement. A classic account of survival. Well written and interesting.
Sandra Phillips (rolfeswife) -
This is such a great, unbelievable memoir, of a very nice College professor, a lady so devoted to the "PARTY"
Stalin started his "purges' and sent thousands and actually millions of innocent people to Siberia!!!! To suffer, and work in frozen conditions..this lady survived it for 20 yrs!!!!! It is a oh so touching and fascinating true account of which was so awesome, there is a wonderful movie they made , on Amazon Prime, "WITHIN THE WHIRLWIND" I HAVE READ THIS BOOK TWICE, AND SINCE I AM 67, I AM SHARING IT WITH ANY FORTUNATE PERSON WHO SEES THIS FIRST AND HAS ANY GOOD SENSE, enough to request it. I paid a hefty price for it.
Stalin started his "purges' and sent thousands and actually millions of innocent people to Siberia!!!! To suffer, and work in frozen conditions..this lady survived it for 20 yrs!!!!! It is a oh so touching and fascinating true account of which was so awesome, there is a wonderful movie they made , on Amazon Prime, "WITHIN THE WHIRLWIND" I HAVE READ THIS BOOK TWICE, AND SINCE I AM 67, I AM SHARING IT WITH ANY FORTUNATE PERSON WHO SEES THIS FIRST AND HAS ANY GOOD SENSE, enough to request it. I paid a hefty price for it.
