The 4Th of May

On His Deathbed Gabi Releases Paul From A Blood Oath They Made As Children To Never Tell Their Terrible Secrets About Growing Up In Post-Ww2 Communist Hungary. Pauls Grief For Gabi Becomes A Grief For His Childhood His Family Tree And The Struggles Of His Community.. Pauls Memories Emerge With A Striking Richness Of Detail And Emotion. They Are The Memories Of A Child Conceived In The Aftermath Of A Racial War Growing Up In The Midst Of A Class War Tearing Apart Hungarian Society Ultimately Needing To Flee With His Family To Australia A Foreign Land At The Other Side Of The World.. It Is A Personal Oral History A Family History And A Community History Submerged In Trauma. But It Is Much More Than A Saga About Loss And Grief. Its About Moving From Survival To Something New Sweet And Substantial Through The Prism Of Pauls Childhood Innocence.. Paul Galys Coming-Of Age Journey Is As Intoxicating As It Is Shocking. It Is A Personable Gripping And Astonishing True-Life Story. Paul Captivates The Reader Recruiting Them To Aspire Transcend And Soar Along With Him To New And Unanticipated Emotional Heights!