Valentina An Odyssey from Pre-Revolutionary Russia Through War-Torn Europe to a Pacific Paradise |
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| Author:
| Lyovin, Emiko |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4669-4432-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | Trafford Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $27.48 |
Book Description:
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Valentina is the story of the life of my Russian mother-in-law, raised in the Russian imperial capital of Saint Petersburg. As a daughter of a Russian Orthodox priest, Valentina experienced danger during the Russian revolution and the civil war. She leaves her native land Russia, settled down in Yugoslavia. Thirty years later, she fled Yugoslavia too for the free world Canada and lived in the Pacific island of Hawaii for ten years.
Valentina is the story of the life of my Russian mother-in-law, raised in the Russian imperial capital of Saint Petersburg. As a daughter of a Russian Orthodox priest, Valentina experienced danger during the Russian revolution and the civil war. She leaves her native land Russia, settled down in Yugoslavia. Thirty years later, she fled Yugoslavia too for the free world Canada and lived in the Pacific island of Hawaii for ten years.