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A stunning memoir of a mother and her daughter?s survival in WWII and their subsequent lifelong struggle with faith
Drawn & Quarterly
May 2006
On Sale: May 16, 2006
136 pages
ISBN: 1896597203
EAN: 9781896597201
Hardcover
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Graphic Novel
In this captivating and elegantly illustrated graphic
memoir, Miriam Katin retells the story of her and her
mother’s escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest.
With her father off fighting for the Hungarian army and the
German troops quickly approaching, Katin and her mother are
forced to flee to the countryside after faking their deaths.
Leaving behind all of their belongings and loved ones, and
unable to tell anyone of their whereabouts, they disguise
themselves as a Russian servant and illegitimate child,
while literally staying a few steps ahead of the German
soldiers. We Are on Our Own is a woman’s attempt to rebuild her
earliest childhood trauma in order to come to an
understanding of her lifelong questioning of faith. Katin’s
faith is shaken as she wonders how God could create and
tolerate such a wretched world, a world of fear and hiding,
bargaining and theft, betrayal and abuse. The complex and
horrific experiences on the run are difficult for a child to
understand, and as a child, Katin saw them with the simple
longing, sadness, and
curiosity she felt when her dog ran away or a stranger made
her mother cry. Katin’s ensuing lifelong struggle with faith
is depicted throughout the book in beautiful full-color
sequences. We Are on Our Own is the first full-length graphic novel by
Katin, at the age of sixty-three.
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