Liberty's Quest: The Compelling Story of the Wife and Mother of Two Poetry Prize Winners, James Wright & Franz Wright
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1931741964 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 424 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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She not only changed generational patterns and went to nursing school and college at the price of being disowned by her father, but she earned her Ph.D. Kovacs is a self-actualized Greek-American octogenarian who grew up (and lived much of her adult life) between cultures. at age 52 and worked as a
Liberty Kovacs' life story has all the elements of the American Dream, both its myth and its reality. Yet with each blow, her spirit rose again and again, never giving up on herself or her sons, whom she writes about with disarming openness. Headed for the fabled Land of Happiness, Life broke in with all its unpredictable misery: living in Minneapolis with their two sons, the marriage was soon riven by alcoholism, angers, unspeakable trauma and eventually bitter divorce. Bereft but courageous, Liberty set a new course and headed west to San Francisc
. About the Author Kovacs is a self-actualized Greek-American octogenarian who grew up (and lived much of her adult life) between cultures. at age 52 and worked as a marriage and family therapist into her late seventies. She not only changed generational patterns and went to nursing school and college at the price of being disowned by her father, but she earned her Ph.D
The Myth and Reality of the American Dream "Liberty's Quest" is the amazing memoir of Liberty Kovacs. Her family roots go back to the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea of Greece.The book is divided into three parts. Part I includes her early family life which was centered on the customs and beliefs of the Greek Orthodox Church,Liberty tells of her paternal and maternal roots, their marriage, her birth, an. "A Modern Woman" according to jenny wren. Dr. Kovacs has written not only her own personal history, but a "coming of age" for an American woman, struggling with being the child of immigrants who came here for freedom, as well as carving out her own freedom to be who she wanted to become outside of her expected role as a woman.. Escaping Patriarchy June Gillam One in a series of "True Stories of Courage and Inspiration" offered by RDR Publishers, Liberty's Quest traces the strenuous journey to personal freedom by the daughter of illegal Greek immigrants. Liberty, known to friends as "Libby," was an independent adventurer even as a young girl, barely keeping inside cultural limits set by her patriarchal father who saw no l