Child Interwoven: Memories in Poem and Prose of a Russian Girlhood in 1940s Shanghai - Paperback

by Marina Romani (Author)

Marina Romani, child of White Russian migr s, spent the first decade of her life in Shanghai, China-through the years of World War II, China's short post-war period and the resumption of its civil war, the takeover of the country by the forces of Mao Tse Tung, and the Romani family's evacuation, along with several thousand other Russians, to a refugee camp in the Philippine Islands. Memories of her unusual childhood comprise this collection of poems and short prose passages, all set against the background of dramatic and violent international events.

Author Biography

Now retired from tandem and at times overlapping careers in teaching, publishing, and parenting, Marina Romani has returned to an earlier love-writing poetry or poetic prose. In the past several years, her poems have increasingly appeared in print and on-line literary journals. She now lives in Monterey, California, where she enjoys long oceanside walks, time with family and friends, and writing late into the night. Child Interwoven is her first book.