What Price Freedom

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Author: Galina Evangelista
Genres: Memoir, Russian & Soviet Drama
Publisher: Empire Publishing
Publication Year: 2016
Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle
ASIN: B01M61O26A
ISBN: 9780998173115

About the Book

What Price Freedom is a poignant, bittersweet novel based on a true story of searing passion and haunting practicality as one woman is forced to abandon her beloved Leningrad to protect her half-Jewish son. She must come to grips with the pain and suffering their departure to freedom brings the family they left behind. The author, Galina Evangelista, seeks an understanding of postmodern landscapes while chronicling the past fifty years of Russian history. What Price Freedom is a testament to courage, strength, and perseverance in one woman’s pursuit of the American Dream. “What Price Freedom is sure to enlighten and thrill even its most sophisticated readers.” – NY Times bestselling author Ellen Tanner March

I read the book and it's a must read book. I couldn't put the book down, I wanted to know what happened next. She wrote about immigrants from Russia to America to start a new life.

– Linda Ito

What Price Freedom It’s an inspiring story of a daring young woman who dares to escape the repressive communist Russian regime in the seventies. With bold courage and determination, against all odds, she decides to leave everything behind in search of creative freedom and a future for her young child. A fast moving narrative, told from the heart, lyrically inspiring. I truly enjoyed the book. A must read !

– Amazon Customer

Galina Evangelista

Galina Evangelista was born and raised in Russia. She studied art through her school years and graduated from Art Academy in the Estonia Republic of Soviet Russia. In 1977, she left St. Petersburg and immigrated to the United States. In New York, she attended Parsons School of Design and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her art career.
In Los Angeles, she worked as an art director for more than 17 years, at which time she opened her own art school in Hermosa Beach. She taught children and adults for more than seven years until she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
With a passion for portrait art, she specialized in oil painting, but is also accomplished in pastels, acrylics and watercolors. Her latest focus is on her murals and mosaic. Her style is realistic and evidenced in her academic renaissance approach.
She favors 16th to 19th century fine art, which includes styles from artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Rembrandt, David, Leighton and Bouguereau. She has belonged to art societies and has many ribbons to her credit.
She currently lives in Las Vegas with her husband and their cat, Lola.
What Price Freedom is Galina’s first book.