Chapter 18: Return to Buczacz Summary and Analysis

Alicia's much improved return to Buczacz was detailed in Chapter 18. First, she found Bella, a woman whom she had known from the original ghetto, whose only remaining relative was her young son. Bella was managing a restaurant and she put Alicia in touch with a Jewish man who could assist her in finding her mother's grave. It was Alicia's desire to give her mother a proper burial in the Jewish cemetery of the village. This was accomplished. Alicia's next goal was to locate Wujciu, and to reward him with nice clothing she had confiscated from a vacant house on her travels home. During market day, she recognized a couple for whom she worked, who lived in the village next to Wujciu's cottage, and convinced them to bring him to town the following week, paying them...