Dag Scheer

When Echoes Speak (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A blend of memoir and cultural exploration, When Echoes Speak distills the defining moments of an unusual life. In August of 1944, when Dag was five, she and her family fled Latvia to escape Soviet occupation. After five harsh years in a displaced persons camp in Germany, the family settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Growing up, Dag was caught in a painful pull between her Latvian roots and her new life in America.

Determined to find her own path, she left home to teach, first in England, then in Libya where she met Stuart Scheer, a young charismatic doctor. They traveled across Libya's scorching desert terrain together, and their intense relationship deepened. After they married, Stuart's work in the Foreign Service took them to eight different countries across the globe. In recounting the frustrations and delights of each new location and its unique culture, Dag probes her inner transformations. Ultimately, the shifting perspective of being perpetually out of place helped her find a sense of self.

Through atmospheric descriptions and vivid portraits, When Echoes Speak offers glimpses into exotic worlds, taking the reader from a drab DP camp, to the throbbing rhythms of Rio's frenzied Carnival, to heartrending encounters in Ethiopia. In looking back, Dag Scheer discovers intricate and rich patterns in her life and weaves together the connecting threads.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dagnija Scheer
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781736719619
• Artikelnr.: 62413916

Autorenporträt

Educator and writer Dag Scheer was born in Riga, Latvia. In her writing she examines the way lives are shaped by memory, collective history, and the challenges of adapting to diverse cultures. In August of 1944, her family fled Latvia to escape Soviet occupation and eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Miami University, determined to find her own path, Dag left home to live and work in many countries across the globe. In her memoir When Echoes Speak, she writes about her experiences navigating through a complex world and explores the intricate and rich patterns in her life, weaving together the connecting threads.