ISBN-13: 9781478315292 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 296 str.
Tatyana Shimlec's novel base on a true story, Against the Wind, includes moving, sometimes joyous, sometimes harrowing stories of her childhood and coming of age in Siberia and Ukraine. Follow along in her dedication to studying and teaching piano, her romantic misadventures, her marriage and children, and her journey to the United State, in which a fateful decision changed her and her younger son's lives forever. The author's struggle for survival on two continents alternately inspires hope, admiration, and outrage.