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Nina Lewandowska Camic writes a compelling narrative about her childhood, split between postwar Poland and New York, where her father held the position of Polish Ambassador to the United Nations. As her family bounces between the repressive and relatively closed world of an Eastern Bloc nation and the staunchly anti-communist, tumultuous America of the 1960s, Nina struggles to navigate and adjust to the demands of both. Her story is a very personal one, of childhood fears, adolescent love, and a rapidly disintegrating family life leading her to a surprising place of unexpected challenges and opportunities.
The author spent her first seven years in Warsaw and rural Poland, and then suddenly was taken to New York when her father became Polish ambassador to the UN. Six years later, an Americanized teenager, she returned to Poland when her father's assignment ended. A few years later, life took her back to New York. Each time, we see a young person's efforts to make sense of a new culture, presented in vivid scenes that are beautifully written. I found it a totally gripping book.
