The Sea is Only Knee Deep - Volume 2 - Softcover

Zelitsky, Paulina; Weinzweig, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991853849 ISBN 13: 9780991853847

Publisher: @2013 Paulina Zelitsky and Paul Weinzweig, 2013

Synopsis

A literate and beautifully written account of a Jewish girl growing up in Stalin's Russia and Castro’s Cuba. Her creative approach to the problems of survival and achievement under rigid dictatorships is an example of women's determination and achievement. Paulina's personal crisis came after a violent rape attempt by her Soviet supervisor at work. This moment 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 are 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 1970 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 re-established herself professionally and even brought her parents to Canada 4 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 hi-tech sector. Paulina's memoir provides a highly motivational reading for young girls who are considering a professional career. It is remarkable how this first-hand story of a young female Soviet defector is relevant to the current global situation regarding the Russian Navy, which replaced the Soviet Navy with the obsessive aim of nuclear dominance in the Atlantic ocean, as well as in the Arctic.

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About the Author

Paulina is a Canadian Professional Engineer with extensive international experience in security, transportation and energy sectors. She obtained her initial M. Eng. degree in Coastal Marine Engineering from National Marine University in Odessa, Ukraine; and in 1976 she graduated in Permafrost Engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Paulina started her career as a port designer for Soviet, Cuban and later in the 70s for private Canadian engineering companies across Canada. After Paulina's naturalization and certification as a Canadian Professional Engineer, she jump started her new career in Arctic Engineering in the energy sector, initially with the Northern Canada Power Commission in Edmonton and later with Petro-Canada as a Systems Engineer and with Ports Canada as a Program Manager. From 1984 Paulina served as a Safety and Risk Analysis Engineer at EMR COGLA in Ottawa and the National Energy Board (NEB), where she participated in the development of Canadian Onshore Pipeline Regulations and Canadian Diving Regulations.

Paul Weinzweig grew up in Toronto, Canada, where he earned a Ph.D. inSociology from the University of Toronto and went on to do volunteer researchwork in West Africa at a community mental health project. He has taught in thesocial sciences at several Canadian universities and helped to pioneer andpresent televised distance education. Paul served as Associate Director of theOntario Confederation of University Faculty Associations where he managednegotiations between university teachers and the new provincial distanceeducation authority (TV Ontario) that laid the ground rules for theparticipation of university teachers in the new electronic educational media.

About this edition

• Publisher: @2013 Paulina Zelitsky and Paul Weinzweig
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0991853849
• ISBN 13: 9780991853847
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 333