Fragments of a Childhood presents a collection of short stories offering an intimate glimpse into author Greda Christensen's childhood in Denmark. She reminisces about the sacrifice, love, and the close-knit ties that can only be created by the strength of family. She talks about the greatest trauma her family experienced-her father's struggle with alcohol, which eventually took him away from the family forever. After the departure of their father, Greta, her mother and her five brothers and sisters had to live with her grandparents until her mother remarried six years later. Although theirs...

Fragments of a Childhood presents a collection of short stories offering an intimate glimpse into author Greda Christensen's childhood in Denmark. She reminisces about the sacrifice, love, and the close-knit ties that can only be created by the strength of family. She talks about the greatest trauma her family experienced-her father's struggle with alcohol, which eventually took him away from the family forever. After the departure of their father, Greta, her mother and her five brothers and sisters had to live with her grandparents until her mother remarried six years later. Although theirs...