Tales of Transmigration: Olga and Rivka - Clark, Elena
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Olga and Rivka are two sisters torn apart in the dying days of Tsarist Russia. As their lives develop in the Soviet Union and eventually in the United States and Canada, we witness powerful and contrasting stories of how the sisters and their families cope with the challenges of the world around them. The author's masterful thread transports us into the heart of some of the most cataclysmic and historic events of the twentieth century, and the human experiences that accompanied them.

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Olga and Rivka are two sisters torn apart in the dying days of Tsarist Russia. As their lives develop in the Soviet Union and eventually in the United States and Canada, we witness powerful and contrasting stories of how the sisters and their families cope with the challenges of the world around them. The author's masterful thread transports us into the heart of some of the most cataclysmic and historic events of the twentieth century, and the human experiences that accompanied them.
Autorenporträt
Elena Clark was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and emigrated from her homeland while it was still a part of the former Soviet Union. She has lived in Canada for the past 36 years and currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, with her Canadian husband, with whom she had one child. Her extended family includes three other children and presently eight grandchildren. Elena Clark earned a university degree in mathematics, and since arriving in Canada she has pursued a successful career in the field of Information Technology. As a systems consultant, she travels extensively in Canada, the United States and Europe. This affords her the opportunity of meeting interesting people from diverse cultural backgrounds and learning something of their fascinating, individual life stories. This is Elena Clark's fourth novel since she began to actively pursue her long-held interest in writing. In it she continues to portray engaging, personal life stories, drawing extensively upon her childhood background, combined with the travails of her eventual immigration and the challenges she experienced while adapting to life in her adopted country.