Rita BreiRita Brei, an orphan at very young age, brought up in orphanage in Kiev and West Ukraine. Became an accomplished poetess. Win Prizes from Literary Competitions. Following her muse she simultaneously pursued a 'fallback' career in Mechanical Engineerig. She has Professional Engineering license. She graduated at every stage with a Red Diploma (best in class). She Immigrated to USA and lived in Kansas City. She worked for AT&T and took early retirement. She published 4 books in USA (Russian Language): two poetry books, one Short Stories (Autobiographical) book, and one Novel True Story of her life (I promise you), what she translated to English Language. She has traveled widely, enjoys cooking, reading the classics, listening to opera, still privately composing poems and collecting arts and craft s. Being multi-cultural, owning an eidetic memory and having lived through an astonishingly impoverished childhood, her conviction that effort would pave her way proved true. Those talents, troubles and toughness make possible this remarkable exposition of the history and horrors during the most inhumane period of Twentieth Century Russia. Read More Read Less