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Two lives, two lands
Life for the Pirovs broadens and tensions grow more complex as the family finds their world balanced on the brink of World War I and the growing threat of the Bolshevik Revolution. Leaving czarist Russia and settling in San Francisco, the lovely Ronya Pirov embarks on the life once prophesied to her, "two lives in two lands." In time, after the sudden death of her beloved husband, Boris, this comes to mean a new love for Paul Zotov and a shared dream fora Zionist homeland.
383 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
About the author
Ruth Freeman Solomon
6 books1 followerSolomon was born in Kiev in 1908. Her birthdate is unknown, but she chose April 21 -- the same birthday as one of her childhood friends. She emigrated to the United States with her family when she was 3 years old.
Raised in Fall River, Mass., and Freeport, N.Y., Solomon graduated from Syracuse University in 1929 with a degree in political science. She was the first female captain of the debate team.
In 1930, she married Joseph Solomon and moved to Vienna, Austria, where she earned a graduate degree in humanities from the University of Vienna.
Nine years later, the couple moved to San Francisco, where Ruth Solomon raised two sons, Daniel and George. A member of Congregation Emanu-El, she also volunteered for a number of organizations including the Friends of Langley Porter Clinic, the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Advisory Committee to U.C. Berkeley's School of Health.
Although Solomon published her last novel in 1974, she continued to write articles up until her death. When she wasn't writing, she filled her days with friends and acquaintances -- among them Golda Meir, Robert Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt and Abba Eban.
"She had an enormous list of famous confidantes. I'm not even sure how she came to know all these important people," Solomon said. "She didn't talk about it. Perhaps that's why she received so many confidences."
* http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/3914/historical-novelist-ruth-freeman-solomon-dies-at-88/
Raised in Fall River, Mass., and Freeport, N.Y., Solomon graduated from Syracuse University in 1929 with a degree in political science. She was the first female captain of the debate team.
In 1930, she married Joseph Solomon and moved to Vienna, Austria, where she earned a graduate degree in humanities from the University of Vienna.
Nine years later, the couple moved to San Francisco, where Ruth Solomon raised two sons, Daniel and George. A member of Congregation Emanu-El, she also volunteered for a number of organizations including the Friends of Langley Porter Clinic, the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Advisory Committee to U.C. Berkeley's School of Health.
Although Solomon published her last novel in 1974, she continued to write articles up until her death. When she wasn't writing, she filled her days with friends and acquaintances -- among them Golda Meir, Robert Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt and Abba Eban.
"She had an enormous list of famous confidantes. I'm not even sure how she came to know all these important people," Solomon said. "She didn't talk about it. Perhaps that's why she received so many confidences."
* http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/3914/historical-novelist-ruth-freeman-solomon-dies-at-88/
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October 26, 2018
Ronya moves to America. Igor and the Blond One get involved in politics, Palestine and WWI.
October 5, 2012
No, this is the third one. When they moved to the US.
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