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The courageous story of Van Meers, born in a home for unwed mothers in Ghent, Belgium, 1930. It is told in her own words in a frank, humorous and down-to-earth manner. She grew up as a ""bastard"" during the Great Depression, and sees her family and country told apart by prejudice and politics in World War II, and recounts how she struggles to redefine herself in turbulent postwar Europe. Based on hundreds of hours of taped interviews, Rachel's view of a family ""not-quite-normal,"" her amazing strength in the face of abusive and degrading treatment, and her strong faith and upbeat attitude ma

Flemish Americans --- Belgian Americans --- Immigrants --- Illegitimate children --- Working class --- World War, 1939-1945 --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Commons (Social order) --- Labor and laboring classes --- Laboring class --- Labouring class --- Working classes --- Social classes --- Labor --- Bastard children --- Children of unmarried mothers --- Children --- Illegitimacy --- Unmarried mothers --- Belgians --- Ethnology --- Flemings --- Employment --- Van Meers, Rachel, --- Meers, Rachel Van, --- Ghent (Belgium) --- Gand (Belgium) --- Gent (Belgium) --- Gante (Belgium) --- Social conditions