Moscow 1959: A Week with Dad: Behind the Iron Curtain - Couverture souple

Minas, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1548826677 ISBN 13 : 9781548826673

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Moscow 1959: A Week with Dad behind the Iron Curtain. Considered evil and dangerous by her mother, Barb’s mom finally agrees to let her daughter travel to the U.S.S.R. with her eccentric, rule-breaking father. Before she knows it, Barb is behind the Iron Curtain. In Vienna, the week before flying to Moscow, Barb, her sister, mom, and dad are caught up in the riots and demonstrations of a Communist Youth Festival. As if this wasn’t enough, they then drive to see the “real” Iron Curtain along the Hungarian/Austrian border. The next week Barb’s dad, Karl, is threatened by anti-capitalists, aids mistreated Americans and sneaks into the room of two anti-communist Hungarians. Followed every step of the way by a disapproving, government-issued tour guide, Karl and Barb's Moscow adventure ends with Karl winning over the guide with his American stubbornness and charm and Barb has a romantic encounter with a handsome Ukrainian!

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Barb Minas is an artist and writer living in Cave Creek, Arizona. Barb majored in English literature and European history. She returned to graduate school to study art. In the 1970‘s she established Arcadia Montessori School in Tacoma, WA. She was an assistant professor of art at Pacific Lutheran University, stockbroker with Merrill Lynch, co-owner of both Tacoma Art Pottery and the Contemporary Crafts Gallery. Barb returned to Scottsdale, AZ in the late 90‘s and became a realtor with Russ Lyon Sotheby’s. The past 15 years she has worked as an artist and writer. She loves traveling anywhere, anytime. She and her husband Mike have visited Chile, Bora Bora, Spain, Egypt and many places along the way. Her favorite childhood adventure was the trip to Moscow with her dad in 1959. She based her memoir, Moscow 1959: A Week with Dad, on the little red, leather journal she kept during the trip. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1548826677
• ISBN 13: 9781548826673
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 238
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible