A Woman in Amber

A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile is a memoir written by Agate Nesaule. The first half of the memoir describes Nesaule’s experiences as a refugee when the Soviet army invaded Latvia; of the terrors of war and life in the displaced persons' camps in Germany; and her family's emigration to the United States in 1950.

The second half of the memoir describes Nesaule’s experiences in the United States. Through Nesaule’s memoir, the reader becomes acquainted with the Latvian community in Indianapolis during the 1950s. The memoir also explores the experience of immigration as seen from Nesaule’s point of view: that of a teenage girl in the 1950s. By the end of the memoir, Nesaule is able to heal from the harmful experiences of war and exile, which affected her life at such a young age.