Becoming Hungarian

Gold Medal Winner, 2025 Independent Publishers (IPPY) Book Awards For most of her life, Erika Reich Giles shunned her Hungarian heritage. Brought to the U.S. as a child by her parents after the family’s escape from post-World War II Hungary, she longed to become an American. Gradually shedding her Hungarian identity over the years worked until she received a letter from her 91-year-old father that convinced her she couldn’t run from her past forever. She explored her family’s history and unco