Doria

By Matthew Arnold Stern

1970. Six-year-old Carla Guzm n is orphaned during her country's violent revolution. She finds her mother's body with an Olympic silver medal sewn into her sweater. Carla soon finds protectors in Alicia Nu ez, a teenage communist soldier, and Felipe S rigo, a general who passionately loves his Russian wife and yearns to be a father. Together, they struggle to rebuild their country while facing the dangers of the Cold War. Carla wants to be a gymnast like her mother, but must depend on a questionable Romanian coach. Alicia and Felipe are torn between following their ideology and ending their country's poverty. Friends become enemies, and enemies become friends and even lovers in a dangerous game of superpower brinkmanship. A discovery challenges Alicia's beliefs and pits Felipe against the father he rejected. It forces them to make a difficult choice that can save their struggling country -- or lead to World War III. Intrigue, heart-breaking betrayals, and love. They happen in a place called Doria.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1105376990
• ISBN13: 9781105376993
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"