Katarina
Tepesh
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Escape
from Despair
www.katarinatepesh.com
and www.tepeshbooks.com
A Croatian Family’s Survival is
a memoir, set among Croatia’s working-class during
the communist era. This brutal and complex story depicts
lives hemmed in by poverty and sexual abuse.
Bozena, an obedient, religious wife and
her husband, Ivan, a violent alcoholic, struggle to survive
with six children under the dictatorship of former Communist
Yugoslavia. Dealing with hunger and sickness as part of
their daily life, the children and Bozena manage to escape
from Ivan. Unable to find a job and to make ends meet
on a minimal income, the family is forced to deal with
the black market and to escape from their bureaucratic
country.
Thrilled and deeply grateful to finally
reach America, the family has difficulty coping with the
trauma of their past.
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The author,
Katarina Tepesh, is one of the six children.
“Escape
from Despair is a powerful memoir, vivid and poignant. The pace
is excellent, the details sharp, the characters unforgettable.
This book lingers in the mind long after the final page.”Bernadette
Miller, Author www.BernadetteMiller.com
“Katarina
Tepesh has written a memoir of power that hits you hard. She
has survived violence and a brutal alcoholic father, and not
only lived to tell her story but to tell it eloquently. This
woman of remarkable strength doesn’t waste a word.”
Robert Wolf, Author, Triumph of Technique www.freeriverpress.org
“I
can hear the author's voice and pain.” Andrea Beaman,
Author