RISKY ADVENTURES AT THE PARTING OF THE IRON CURTAIN

This memoir is an insider’s view of the momentous events surrounding the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, pinpointing its effect on individual lives. The author and her husband, Walter Stankievich, participate in stealthy meetings with dissidents behind the Iron Curtain; and at a Congress in Minsk, where the Foreign Minister warns the émigrés against demanding greater changes. Walter’s work at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty motivates his actions, and takes them from suburban New Jersey to Munich and Prague. “Your memoir captures perfectly, in many details, and in an overall spirit, the period of time which I also lived through.” — Jana Outratova, a statistician and IT manager, who founded the Prague International Women’s Network; also the wife of a former Czech Senator “This book is a living history. . . .You are in for quite a ride. Fasten your seat belts.” — Alexander Lukashuk, Belarus Service Director at RFE/RL

About the Author International topics intrigued Joanne ever since day-dreaming about exotic adventures during her farm childhood. After college, she moved to N.Y.C. and worked with Eleanor Roosevelt on model U.N. programs, married a Belarusian activist, and then found herself in the midst of history-changing events. Earlier journalism training prompted her to record the events and insights gained. www.JoanneIvyStankievich.com