Until the Robin Walks on Snow edition by Bernice L Rocque Literature Fiction eBooks
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It is 1922. An immigrant family and their devoted midwife struggle to save a tiny premature baby. Inspired by real events in Norwich, Connecticut, this historical fiction novella about determination, family, faith, and friendship includes a story chapter about the family's Polish and Lithuanian Christmas Eve traditions. Appendices include a List of Sources Consulted and Author's Notes about the facts, family history, and research behind the story.
Until the Robin Walks on Snow edition by Bernice L Rocque Literature Fiction eBooks
I really enjoyed this story. I appreciated the insight that reveals how it came to be written. It had the feel of a wonderful close-up view of a resourceful family that had supportive friends and extended family. There was much revealed about immigrants and their traditions. There was much revealed about the customs of that time period. I suppose what I enjoyed most was the unfolding of the rich character of the people the author was sharing with us. I want that "midwife" as my friend. She beautifully demonstrated sacrificial love. I want the Grandfather to share with my grandchildren. The delightful grandfather at one point(when they were uprooting a Christmas tree), told his grandchildren that the tree was telling him things. When asked what he said to the tree he remarked,"I did not speak to it. One can learn much when one listens."It is a well done simple story with much to ponder about the things we have lost in the passing of time.
Barbara Anne Waite- Author "Elsie-Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916"
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Until the Robin Walks on Snow edition by Bernice L Rocque Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Bernice L. Rocque’s novella, Until the Robin Walks on Snow, leaves one charmed by an era in our recent past in which grandparents and grandchildren were each other’s best friends, in which extended families helped one other withstand severe hardships, in which people of all generations appreciated age-old customs for the social glue they provided, and in which simple amusements produced immense joy for all. Author Rocque infuses her touching novella with all these uplifting attributes in such an endearing fashion that one is left to ponder—no matter how much one embraces everything that is right and good about modern social progress—just how much has been lost and, more to the point, just how much can still be retained.
One chapter in the novella masterfully illustrates the excitement, cooking, decorating, toasting, celebrating, story sharing, and various forms of communion associated with a traditional Eastern European Christmas Eve in a New England immigrant enclave of the 1920s. The scenes are replete with rich and fascinating cultural details interwoven with action and dialogue. This isn’t a ritualized family gathering; there is plenty of genuine heartache. But almost anyone reading this story would love to be part of this family because of its resilience under duress.
One especially enchanting feature of this novella is its portrayal of a grandfather’s tender relationship with his granddaughter. This novella could be uniquely meaningful for middle school readers, because it could spark their interest in their own grandparents and encourage the young to cultivate their relationships with the old while they still have the chance. If this novella could inspire that to happen, then it will have not only painted a vivid picture of multigenerational family life, but it will have helped to rekindle it.
Supported by extensive research, Bernice Rocque has written a novella chronicling the story of the challenges her Polish grandmother faced in keeping her 1.5 lb son alive after his premature birth in the early 1900s in Connecticut. The importance of family and close friends to the immigrant community is poignantly told, leaving the reader looking forward to more stories about this hardworking family that left their homeland to come to America in search of opportunity.
This account of a tiny premature infant born to Lithuanian/Polish immigrant farmers in Connecticut is based on the author's family history. The family was greatly aided by a family friend and neighbor, Helena, who delivered the babe and cared for the newborn and his mother for many weeks of a long winter. At that time, the mortality rate for one and a half pound babies was nearly 100 percent. The writer's evocation of the lives of Northern European immigrants who arrived via Ellis Island and managed to raise a family and find work in 1922 New England seems authentic, and the portrayals of the mother and her friend the midwife are heartwarming.
Bernice Rocque's novella, Until the Robin Walks on Snow, is a lovely read, crafted in beautiful metaphors and poetic prose to paint a family history of what it was to be an immigrant family in the early twentieth century. The story focus is on an extremely premature baby son and the efforts the entire community of family go to, to keep him warm, fed and alive. The reader never loses sight of this effort under the umbrella of love in a backdrop of extreme weather, challenging methods to offer heat and sustenance to the baby, while dividing up the duties of the mother so she can tend to her child. This is a heartwarming story of tenderness and compassion, that depicts the best of the human condition. A charming read.
Until the Robin Walks on Snow Bernice L. Rocque
The writing and historical aspect of this book is unquestionably wonderful. The book drew me in and made me want to hug and help the Polish, Russian Immigrants in Norwich, Connecticut, as they fought to save a pound and a half baby in the 1920s. Through people I love, I have experienced what this entails today, and how difficult it is with all the modern conveniences.
The clever and resourceful choices, complimented the courage of this family made the story unique and full of hope.
Loved it! You can judge a book by its beautiful cover.
As a new grandfather I have an enhanced appreciation for the challenges of childbirth and rearing. As a reader of history I have always appreciated how the human experience changes with the times. This story of historical fiction weaves these two topics together based on the authors personal knowledge of the actual people involved. The characters in her book are real people, her relatives and their neighbors of generations before. This story is not moralistic or nuanced. It simply is a slice of life of how some actual events may have played out in detail. I loved it.
I really enjoyed this story. I appreciated the insight that reveals how it came to be written. It had the feel of a wonderful close-up view of a resourceful family that had supportive friends and extended family. There was much revealed about immigrants and their traditions. There was much revealed about the customs of that time period. I suppose what I enjoyed most was the unfolding of the rich character of the people the author was sharing with us. I want that "midwife" as my friend. She beautifully demonstrated sacrificial love. I want the Grandfather to share with my grandchildren. The delightful grandfather at one point(when they were uprooting a Christmas tree), told his grandchildren that the tree was telling him things. When asked what he said to the tree he remarked,"I did not speak to it. One can learn much when one listens."
It is a well done simple story with much to ponder about the things we have lost in the passing of time.
Barbara Anne Waite- Author "Elsie-Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916"
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