READER VIEWS has honored Charles’ memoir BORDER CROSSINGS: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance with two READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARDS. The awards are Second Place winner in the “History” category and winner of the “I Have Something to Say Award” for the Best Book Sharing Life Lessons Through Story Telling. This award includes an interview …
I am so excited! Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance by my late husband, Charles Novacek has been named a finalist in the Autobiography and Memoir category of ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Awards. Representing more than 700 publishers, the finalists were selected from 1300 entries in 62 categories. These books …
March is WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH when tribute is paid to the generations of women whose “commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society.” Today on March 13th I pay tribute to Charles’ sister Vlasta Jakubová (my sister-in-law) on her 88th birthday. Vlasta was born in Ozdany, Slovakia in 1925. Like her brother, …
