Songs from the Suitcase

<p>Rosanna Moseley Gore had a German Jewish father who escaped Nazi Berlin on a Kindertransport in 1939 a Russian mother who was born in Manchuria and a beloved Russian grandmother who fled her homeland during the post-revolution civil war. Her childhood in London was unusual. Driving holidays in Europe were normal friends and family with strong accents were normal baked beans and rice pudding were not.</p><p><br></p><p>When a huge family archive of letters photographs and documents came to her after her parents died she realised she had a story to tell . . . of individuals and of how huge world events act upon them. The 'songs' resonate as much now as they did when they were first stashed away in the suitcase.</p><p><br></p><p><em>This is a gem of a memoir; sparkling multifaceted and full of depth and colour. At once a memorial and a meditation it celebrates one unique family and the power of ties that bind.</em></p><p><br></p><p>- Heidi Thomas screenwriter.</p>