Augustina's Journey: Born with the Heart and Courage of an Adventurer The Road to a Strong Spirit |
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| Author:
| Pessin, Charline |
| ISBN: | 979-8-5203-9925-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2021 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.99 |
Book Description:
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Augustina's journey is a very personal path. She was born with the heart and courage of an adventurer. When she was a young age, she knew that she would leave her hometown in Eastern Europe and come to America. It was just a matter of waiting until she was of legal age to leave Poland. She knew she would find a way - that wasn't the issue. Her bigger concern was first telling her father, then leaving her family and four siblings, especially her baby sister Maria.
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Augustina's journey is a very personal path. She was born with the heart and courage of an adventurer. When she was a young age, she knew that she would leave her hometown in Eastern Europe and come to America. It was just a matter of waiting until she was of legal age to leave Poland. She knew she would find a way - that wasn't the issue. Her bigger concern was first telling her father, then leaving her family and four siblings, especially her baby sister Maria.
This book tells about Augustina's bold journey and the challenges she faced crossing the Atlantic to Ellis Island, then to Kansas City, and making the 1,620 mile trip to Los Angeles in an open-air rumble seat during the harsh conditions of the Dust Bowl. Being robbed, lied to, cheated on, and treated with disrespect due to her poor use of the English language and obvious cultural differences, Augustina developed a hard shell, allowing only a select few past the external barrier into her large heart and core of goodness.
Riddled with guilt, fear, and the unfulfilled dreams after arriving in America, it never occurred to Augustina to give up, though that would have been the easy way out...