Asya's Laws: Lessons in Love Lost and Found

Asya's Laws takes readers on a Latvian woman's courageous journey from her young adulthood in an impoverished and oppressive homeland to the promise of a new life and lasting love half a world away in America. Family, friends, loves, country, and culture shape her laws about love as she transforms from a young woman to an adult, wife, and mother. From the joy of a lover's first kiss to the outrage of religious discrimination to the devastation of a husband's betrayal, Raines shares her lessons with emotion and honesty.

Asya Raines arrived in the United States in 1997, leaving her native Latvia in pursuit of love. As a young Jewish girl growing up in the city of Riga, Raines came from a family of meager means, subject to the maddening practices of a Communist regime. She attended public school in Riga, and graduated from the Latvian Technical University in 1975 with a degree in economics. She has worked at a variety of managerial and support jobs at companies in both Latvia and in the United States. She currently lives in the United States. This is her first book.

As a young Jewish girl growing up in the city of Riga, Asya Raines came from a family of meager means, subject to the maddening practices of a Communist regime. She attended public school in Riga, and graduated from the Latvian Technical University in 1975 with a degree in economics. Raines arrived in the United States in 1997, leaving her native Latvia in pursuit of love.