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Book SynopsisWe Wait for You chronicles the lives of average citizens in Post-Ceausescu Romania. Annabelle Townson, an American Peace Corps volunteer in Romania from 2001-2003, offers a fascinating personal account of the aftermath of the fall of Communism.
Trade ReviewThis is a fine book. ...Townson seems genuinely inclined to steer away from Western paternalisms. While she observes and explicates the social and political weaknesses she encountered in Romania, she discovers in the hearts and minds of the people she now knows as friends many values, traditions, and intellectual gifts that Americans and others in the West have either misplaced or never knew. ...for those scholars who wish to look beyond a bricks and mortar study of Romanian culture, this poignant unleashing of Romanian voices will be a welcomed addition to the field. * Religion and Society In Central and Eastern Europe *
Ms. Townson's first book has effectively succeeded in capturing the duality of her Romanian experience—despair over the moral and spiritual state of the society paralleled by deep affection for the people. -- Joseph E. Persico, author of the New York Times best-seller FDR's Secret War
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Historic Origins Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 In the Beginning Chapter 5 Observations and Revelations Chapter 6 Unheard Voices Speak Chapter 7 Their Ordinary Lives Chapter 8 A Different View Chapter 9 Two Cultures Chapter 10 We Too Are Unique Chapter 11 In the End Chapter 12 Epilogue Chapter 13 Personal Profile
