Abigail

Synopsis

From the author of the door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in wwii-era hungary. Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during world war ii, is the most beloved of magda szabó’s books in her native hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go away on a mission and that he will be sending her to boarding school in the country. She is even more aghast at the grim religious institution to which she soon finds herself consigned.