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About the author
M. M. Kuhn was born in Fier, Albania, and grew up under an extremely oppressive communist dictatorship, second only to North Korea for the crushing of the human spirit. She graduated from the Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania, with a BA in Electronic Engineering. As a young student, the author participated in the student uprising of December 1990, that brought down the forty-six year old atheist totalitarianism. In its early history, Albania was a country divided between Catholics and Orthodox Christians, conquered and forced to convert to Islam under the Ottoman Empire. Following the fall of Albania’s communist government, a new wave of Christian missionaries and Islamic mullahs entered the country to compete for the soul of its people. Through the proselytizing of Swedish evangelicals, the author found a new hope and a future in Christ. She continues to sing praises to God at her neighbourhood church in Sioux City, Iowa, where she resides with her husband and their three sons. The author enjoys her work at home as a freelance interpreter and translator.
In a few words
During the post-communist years that defined the early nineties, Mirela, a young, independent, strong-willed Albanian woman, is studying electronic engineering at the Polytechnic University of Tirana. In the midst of her vibrant social life and rigorous studies, as well as the shifting social and political climate, she falls in love with Teo, a medical student, and embarks on a relationship with him, which is continually waylaid by distance, circumstance, family expectations, social conventions, indecision and, eventually, the spiritual evolution and maturing of Mirela. Through the breaking of her heart by experiencing disappointment and loss, her spirit is expanded, thus launching her to new and distant horizons that she could never have foreseen.
Reviews
"One of the best love story books I have read. No matter how difficult life can be, there is light in the end. It is a great example of learning how to live by the word of God and making the bible part of your life."
"I loved your book. My husband read the entire book to me when I was driving across the country. Such fun and great to share faith with a person of such faith as you."
"I enjoy reading nonfiction and this book layered a tender LOVE story
over the recovering post-communist culture of a small country. The everyday-ness of life for the individuals diminishes the differences between cultures and countries and emphasizes the similarities. We all seem to be hardwired to seek friendship, goodness, love and a spiritual center."