Whither the Promised Land - Softcover

Ruge, Helga

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971567212 ISBN 13: 9780971567214

Publisher: Clay & Marshall Publishing Co., 2005

Synopsis

A gripping tale of a beautiful, young immigrant girl's quest to be reunited with her true love and to find a new life in the Promised Land of America. Set in the politically-charged atmosphere of Washington D.C. and Moscow during the Cold War in the 1960s.

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About the Author

Helga Ruge was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, and studied foreign languages at the Universities of Berlin and Marburg. In 1945, she met Neil Ruge, an American officer stationed in Germany. Four years later, the couple reunited when Neil returned to Europe as a United States Foreign Service Officer. They were married in Palermo, Sicily. Helga accompanied him to posts in Casablanca, London, Cardiff, Washington D.C., Munich, Morocco, and Guatemala City. In each place she immersed herself in local customs and culture, as well as diplomatic and social functions, all the while carrying on her family life which included her children Carl and Madeleine. Helga has also written her memoir, Flashbacks of a Diplomat's Wife.

From the Back Cover

This story was conceived during the height of the Cold War, which remains a vivid part of recent history even after the Wall finally came down. The lives of entire peoples and innumerable individuals were deeply affected by escalating tensions between East and West. A residue of impressions from the era inspired the author to weave the fabric of this wonderful love story between a young Sicilian immigrant and an American diplomat. Readers will appreciate the historic, geographic, and political aspects with their inherent tensions as the young lovers experience new lands and cultures she searching for the "promised land" in America; he laboring behind the Iron Curtain in a climate of suspicion. The cultural differences defining the protagonists and the seemingly insurmountable obstacles they encounter during the course of the story will keep readers in suspense until the final pages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clay & Marshall Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0971567212
• ISBN 13: 9780971567214
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 307