LEADER 00000nim a22004695a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125040904.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 181228s2018 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9780987521224 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0987521225 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ aut_9780987521224_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12285168 037 12285168|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Hutton, Diana,|eauthor. 245 12 A grave above ground :|ba beggar's tale|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cDiana Hutton. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bAuthor's Republic,|c2018. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 58 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Diana Hutton. 520 An unwanted pregnancy leads a bright young woman into a life she could never have imagined. Unique, sad and sometimes darkly humorous, "A Grave above Ground" is a beggar's tale. It is about how easily life can change, escape from persecution as a refugee and the beauty and limits experienced with the healing power of love and care. It's about reconciliation with loss and pain as well as awakening and closure. We are in Spain as we follow the life and thoughts of Mara, a Romanian beggar who sits, day after day, on the pavement outside a bank in Madrid. Little by little her past takes shape, her tragic past, as she reflects on the members of her family, as she describes the village of her childhood, the hardships of Ceausescu's Roumania, her relationships - one of which was her downfall. She takes the reader through her happy but troubled youth, her dysfunctional family, her loves and follies, an unwanted pregnancy, the sordid kidnapping of her baby by the Romanian authorities and the fruitless search for the infant in the Bucharest orphanages. We experience her flight from Roumania, abuse as a refugee and illegal immigrant throws her life into a sad downward spiral and near psychological collapse. After years of begging and loneliness fate offers her a chance and rescues her through a 'flu epidemic, landing comatose in the caring environment of a small Madrid hospital. After all this, can she find the strength to escape from the depths into which she has fallen? Mara's is a tale of sadness, of a woeful start to life and an ambiguous ending. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Romanians|zSpain|vFiction. 650 0 Beggars|vFiction. 650 0 Refugees|zRomania|vFiction. 650 0 Literature. 651 0 Romania|xSocial conditions|y20th century|vFiction. 700 1 Hutton, Diana. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12285168?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ aut_9780987521224_180.jpeg