Liberty's Quest: The Compelling Story of the Wife and Mother of Two Poetry Prize Winners, James Wright & Franz Wright
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1931741964 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 424 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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-Merrill Leffler, publisher of Dryad Press, author of Partly Panemonium, Partly Love, Take Hold. Yet with each blow, her spirit rose again and again, never giving up on herself or her sons, whom she writes about with disarming openness. Bereft but courageous, Liberty set a new course and headed west to San Francisco where she had a scholarship to study psychiatric nursing. Breaking free from the patriarchal rule of her Greek immigrant family, she set an uneasy but independent course that led to her becoming a nurse and marrying fellow Ohioan, the poet James Wright. Liberty Kovacs' life story has all the elements of the American Dream, both it
About the Author Kovacs is a self-actualized Greek-American octogenarian who grew up (and lived much of her adult life) between cultures. . at age 52 and worked as a marriage and family therapist into her late seventies. She not only changed generational patterns and went to nursing school and college at the price of being disowned by her father, but she earned her Ph.D
at age 52 and worked as a marriage and family therapist into her late seventies. She not only changed generational patterns and went to nursing school and college at the price of being disowned by her father, but she earned her Ph.D. . Kovacs is a self-actualized Greek-American octogenarian who grew up (and lived much of her adult life) between cultures
The Myth and Reality of the American Dream Richard R. Blake "Liberty's Quest" is the amazing memoir of Liberty Kovacs. Her family roots go back to the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea of Greece.The book is divided into three parts. Part I includes her early family life which was centered on the customs and beliefs of the Greek Orthodox Church,Liberty tells of her paternal and maternal roots, their marriage, her birth, and her siblings. She relates stories of family feuds, memories of school, her love for reading. jenny wren said A Modern Woman. Dr. Kovacs has written not only her own personal history, but a "coming of age" for an American woman, struggling with being the child of immigrants who came here for freedom, as well as carving out her own freedom to be who she wanted to become outside of her expected role as a woman.. Escaping Patriarchy June Gillam One in a series of "True Stories of Courage and Inspiration" offered by RDR Publishers, Liberty's Quest traces the strenuous journey to personal freedom by the daughter of illegal Greek immigrants. Liberty, known to friends as "Libby," was an independent adventurer even as a young girl, barely keeping inside cultural limits set by her patriarchal father who saw no life for her other than to marry a man he chose from his circle of Greek friends in the Ohio V