weather Of The Heart Is A Unique Offering. From The Perspective Of The 21st Century, The Author Looks Back With A Clear Eye To The Turbulent Days Following The Russian Revolution. Nora Percival's Research Sheds Light On Her Personal Story, The Story So Many Of Us Long To Hear From Grandparents Who Were Unable Or Unwilling To Look Back Beyond The Emigre's Voyage To Another Life And Another World. After A Long Busy Life In America, The Author Felt Impelled To Learn About The Family She'd Left In Samara, The City On The Volga Where She Was Born. After Glasnost She Was Finally Able To Return There And Find The Places, Though Not The People, Of Her Youth. Her Search Resurrected Childhood Memories Of Revolution, Civil War, Famine And Exile, Which She Felt Impelled To Share, To Speak For So Many Others Who Have Silently Endured The Loss Of All They Valued. The Reader Will Meet The Extended Family That Faced Many Trials In Those Chaotic Years (of Which Present Conditions In Russia Are Reminiscent), And Will Be Moved By Their Steadfast Togetherness Through Want And Woe -- Babushka, The Heart Of The Home, Who Fed And Mothered Them All; Debonair Adolf (papa), Who Lost All He Had Gained In A Lifetime Of Struggle; Elegant Olga (mamma), Whose Brief Happiness Died Under The Fear And Loneliness The Years Brought; The Playful Cousins And The Loving Aunts; And The Child Who Saw And Felt It All And Grew Up To Tell Their Story. You Will Share The Love And Courage That Sustained Them And Helped Them Survive Hunger And Despair, The Humor That Cheered Dreary Days Under A Capricious Regime And The Strength That Carried Them Through Affliction And Calamity. You Will Cry Over Their Sorrows And Enjoy Their Triumphs -- And They Will Live Again In Your Memory.

Percival, Nora, 1914-

Nora Lourie Percival

Ingalls Publishing Group, Incorporated

Boone, N.C.: High Country

Caystone Books

United States, United States of America

First Edition, PS, 2003

June 15, 2003

February 2002

2002-02-15

All through her long busy life in America, Nora Percival felt impelled to learn about the family she'd left behind in Samara, the city on the Volga where she was born. After glasnost she was finally able to go there and find the places, though not the people, of her youth.Her search resurrected childhood memories of revolution, civil war, famine and exile, which she felt impelled to share, "to speak for so many others who have silently endured the loss of all they valued." In her book the reader will meet the extended family who faced many trials in those chaotic years, and will be moved by their steadfast togetherness through want and woe. The reader will share the love and courage that sustained them and helped them survive hunger and despair, the humor that cheered dreary days and the strength that carried them through affliction and calamity. Readers will cry over their sorrows and enjoy their small triumphs, and they will live again in memory.

From the perspective of the 21st century, the author looks back with a clear eye to the turbulent days following the Russian Revolution. Nora Percival'ss research illuminates her personal story, the story so many of us long to hear from grandparents who were unable or unwilling to look back beyond the emigre'ss voyage to another life and another world. Book of the Year Award for Memoir from the High Country Writers organization, 2002.

360 pages ; 24 cm

2023-06-28