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1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; 1. You're Nails in My Coffin; 2. Snow White, Cinderella, and Me; 3. Is It Like Heaven?; 4. Let the One Who Has Sin Work; 5. I Do This So You Can Have a Name; 6. Geoffrey Voorst; 7. When I Have to Die, I'll Die Here In My Bed; 8. You're Going to Make It Through, But Not With Me; 9. What About Her? What About My Mother?; 10. I Don't Think I'll See You Back In a Month; 11. What the Hell Is Going to Happen to Me Here?; 12. I Wish You Wasn't Here; 13. The Lullaby Is Over; 14. It's Your Flag. It's Not Mine. |
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15. That's the Way People Die16. I Do Care About Tomorrow; 17. If You Ever Talk About This, That's It for You; 18. That's Not the End. The Worst Is Yet to Come; 19. You Have to Live With It; 20. I Need Those Stockings; 21. Who the Hell Is the Criminal Here? Him or Me?; Photos; 22. I Want to Stand on My Own Feet, and I Will; 23. What the Hell Happened Now?; 24. It Was Nice Seeing You; 25. It's Time to Get Out of Here; 26. Whatever You Want, I'll Do for You; 27. We're Not Talking About That; 28. That Is Not My Life; 29. You Are and Will Be Her Child; 30. I Hate People Lying to Me. |
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31. You Know the Family32. Nobody Knows But Me; 33. What the Hell is He Whistling at Me For?; 34. What the Hell Am I Going to Do With That Kid?; 35. I'm Not Going to Give Up On You, That's for Sure; 36. Where's Your Husband?; 37. I'm Not Going Back to Indonesia; 38. He Don't Want You; 39. I Lost Everything; 40. Four Miracles; 41. I Can't Speak English, But I'm Going to America; 42. It's a Blessing. |
| Summary |
The courageous story of Van Meers, born in a home for unwed mothers in Ghent, Belgium, 1930. It is told in her own words in a frank, humorous and down-to-earth manner. She grew up as a ""bastard"" during the Great Depression, and sees her family and country told apart by prejudice and politics in World War II, and recounts how she struggles to redefine herself in turbulent postwar Europe. Based on hundreds of hours of taped interviews, Rachel's view of a family ""not-quite-normal, "" her amazing strength in the face of abusive and degrading treatment, and her strong faith and upbeat attitude ma. |
| Local Note |
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Van Meers, Rachel, 1930-
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Van Meers, Rachel, 1930- |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Flemish Americans -- Biography.
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Flemish Americans. |
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Biographies.
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Belgian Americans -- Biography.
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Belgian Americans. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
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Immigrants. |
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United States. |
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Illegitimate children -- Belgium -- Ghent -- Biography.
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Illegitimate children. |
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Belgium -- Ghent. |
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Working class -- Belgium -- Ghent -- Biography.
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Working class. |
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Ghent (Belgium) -- Biography.
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Ghent (Belgium) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Belgian.
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Personal narratives -- Belgian.
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| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium -- Ghent.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Chase, Daniel (Daniel Thomas)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meers, Rachel Van. Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a Bastard. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, ©2008 9780897335713 |
| ISBN |
9781613733899 electronic book |
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1613733895 electronic book |
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9781613733905 electronic book |
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1613733909 electronic book |
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1322519900 electronic book |
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9781322519906 electronic book |
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