When Charles and I deliberated over titles for his memoir we knew there were other books with the title BORDER CROSSINGS, but it didn’t matter to us. It’s also a title we selected in 2003 for a gallery exhibit of Charles’ paintings, his reentry to the local art scene after a ten-year hiatus. The paintings …
READER VIEWS has honored Charles’ memoir BORDER CROSSINGS: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance with two READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARDS. The awards are Second Place winner in the “History” category and winner of the “I Have Something to Say Award” for the Best Book Sharing Life Lessons Through Story Telling. This award includes an interview …
I am so excited! Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance by my late husband, Charles Novacek has been named a finalist in the Autobiography and Memoir category of ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Awards. Representing more than 700 publishers, the finalists were selected from 1300 entries in 62 categories. These books …
March is WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH when tribute is paid to the generations of women whose “commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society.” Today on March 13th I pay tribute to Charles’ sister Vlasta Jakubová (my sister-in-law) on her 88th birthday. Vlasta was born in Ozdany, Slovakia in 1925. Like her brother, …
On February 25, 1948, Czechoslovakia, the last democracy in Eastern Europe, was taken over by the Communist Party, giving more power to the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin. They organized Czech industry, ran anti-American propaganda and prohibited people from emigrating. Read Charles Novacek’s riveting, first person account of his work in the Czech Resistance against …
Can you read the return address on this envelope? Recently mailed from the Czech Republic, it arrived damaged – having been water-soaked, dried and stuck together. Had to steam it open. It came from an elderly man I corresponded with last year. I was referred to him as someone knowledgeable on World War II Czech …
