Swimming in the daylight
Subtitle: an American student, a Soviet-Jewish dissident, and the gift of hope
By: Lisa C. Paul
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.; Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781616082031
Description: The author describes her efforts during the Cold War to obtain an American visa for her Russian tutor, who needed to travel to the United States to seek treatment for a malignant tumor.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Moscow; title: The barter system; title: The courier; title: I wish I had your worries; title: Irina Grivnina; title: The Institute of Scientific Reading; title: We must have change; title: From Russia with love; title: I received the book!; title: The dirty dog; title: The feeling that you cannot breathe; title: The Moscow Helsinki Watch Group; title: An average American; title: Swimming in the daylight; title: The interview; title: pt. 2. Minneapolis; title: The CBS Evening News; title: "Please God, let me help her"; title: Faith, hope, and love; title: Ripple of hope; title: Fruit juice and vitamins; title: Capitol Hill; title: Next year in Jerusalem; title: pt. 3. Washington, D.C.; title: The Chautauqua Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations; title: Uvidimsya : we will see each other again; title: Free at last; title: Mrs. Meiman, Room 420; title: The rainbow-colored potholder; title: Human dignity; title: "Grandma, are we going to Israel today?"; title: The ring; title: Postscript; title: Epilogue.