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I wrote this book because, sadly, I see the United States turning more and more towards communism. As misinformed Americans embrace eagerly the total socialist society concept, the nanny state, I hear the echo of my hard communist life in Romania and the cries for freedom.All the stories of becoming an American citizen, the pride, the pain, the hard work, experiencing good and bad along the way while weaving myself into the fabric of society, being an American longer than I was a Romanian, where I came from, why, and how, had to be told. The vignettes are a small glimpse into the universe of a child and a young woman growing up under communism and the pained, tumultuous transition of a young adult to life in a free, capitalist American society.The painful adaptation to a foreign culture, the rejection by my new family, the abandonment with two small children in a foreign land, the clash of cultures stemming from either ignorance, language barriers, or fear of the unknown were daunting. Understanding that being different is just that, different, and making others embrace the concept was interesting and frustrating. Not belonging to an entrenched culture and its traditions and dealin

Author

Paugh, Dr. Ileana Johnson

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781456535087

Rating

4.7 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14