A review by jocelyn_sp
Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations by Diane Armstrong

3.0

This is an admirable chronicle of the author's Polish Jewish ancestors, setting her parents' tale of survival in the context of the majority who perished. It is a family story, with plain narrative interspersed with descriptions of interviews with elderly relatives. It was good, with lots of interesting details well told, and (naturally for a WW2 polish-jew memoir) many tragic, shocking, and suspenseful events. However her father is one of 10 siblings, and her mother one of 5, and she starts the story with her great grandfather, and ends with returning as an Australian tourist/researcher in the 1990's - the mosaic is too large, with too many pieces. Parts are boring, and I couldn't always remember who was who