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    The Sea is Only Knee Deep - Volume 2
    The Sea is Only Knee Deep - Volume 2
    The Sea is Only Knee Deep - Volume 2
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Sea is Only Knee Deep - Volume 2

    Written by Paulina Zelitsky and Paul Weinzweig

    Narrated by Paulina Zelitsky

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    About this audiobook

    Volume 2 describes how Paulina's personal crisis became a powerful motivator to overcome obstacles and demonstrated the power and potential of the human spirit.

    Finding herself embroiled in a Cold War drama on the Island of Cuba, where Soviet and American military forces were vying for supremacy during a secret nuclear confrontation, Paulina decided on a dangerous escape to freedom with her two small children rather than become an obedient slave and an informant for a cruel and rogue tyrannical state. When in 1971 the KGB attempted to conscript Paulina as an informant, she defected with her two young children to Canada in a bizarre feat of courage and audacity. This episode is sure to elevate your heart rate.

    Who said that women are the weaker sex? She enacted the assertion of "I am mad as hell, and I am not going to take it anymore" and, despite the long odds, succeeded. She became the only defector from a communist country that made such an escape with small children in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A seemingly discouraging and difficult situation for a young, penniless immigrant with two small children did not prevent Paulina from rapidly adjusting to a new country. She reestablished herself professionally and even brought her parents to Canada four years later. Paulina's family proudly integrated into Canadian society. Her boys graduated from Canadian universities as scientists. They became confident, responsible, and independent individuals in the entrepreneurial high-tech sector.

    A literate and beautifully written account of a Jewish girl growing up in Stalin's Russia and her creative approach to the problems of survival and achievement under a rigid dictatorship. Highly recommended as an example of women's determination and achievement if and when they take themselves seriously and pursue their objectives with conviction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateJan 23, 2018
    ISBN9780994964038
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