{"product_id":"when-a-toy-dog-became-a-wolf-and-the-moon-broke-curfew-a-memoir-paperback","title":"When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHendrika de Vries\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the Netherlands at a time when girls are to be housewives and mothers and nothing else, Hendrika de Vries is a \"daddy's girl\" until her father is deported from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to a POW camp in Germany and her mother joins the Resistance. In the aftermath of her father's departure, Hendrika watches as freedoms formerly taken for granted are eroded with escalating brutality by men with swastika armbands who aim to exterminate those they deem \"inferior\" and those who do not obey. \u003cbr\u003e As time goes on, Hendrika absorbs her mother's strength and faith, and learns about moral choice and forced silence. She sees her hidden Jewish \"stepsister\" betrayed, and her mother interrogated at gunpoint. She and her mother suffer near starvation, and they narrowly escape death on the day of liberation. But they survive it all--and through these harrowing experiences, Hendrika discovers the woman she wants to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHendrika de Vries \u003c\/b\u003eis a retired family therapist, a teacher, and a writer. Her life experiences with oppression and resistance in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, migration, competitive swimming, misogyny in 1950s Australia, and feminism in the US, infuse her writing with historical depth and personal perspective on challenges facing women and anyone deemed other. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew, \u003c\/i\u003e award-winning memoir of her WWII childhood. She lives in Santa Barbara, CA\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47456595935410,"sku":"9781631526589","price":18.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/kbY2lqvVMo9781631526589.webp?v=1783311323","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/when-a-toy-dog-became-a-wolf-and-the-moon-broke-curfew-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}