Steve Pieczenik - TEODORA: A Voyage of Survival, Living and Love by Steve R. Pieczenik

Feb. 17, 2016 - Steve Pieczenik

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TEODORA: A Voyage of Survival, Living and Love by Steve R. Pieczenik

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Steve R. Pieczenik recounts Teodora's harrowing escape from war, utilizing her charm and diamonds to flee Europe via Lisbon and Cuba before settling in America. Her journey included love, divorce, marriage, and raising two sons, culminating in a poignant moment on the Hotel Nacional de Cuba balcony where she tasted freedom. The narrative identifies three core truths: her devotion to her sons, her husband Saul, and her adoration of America, proving that for a wandering refugee, survival was only possible through love and liberty. [Automatically generated summary]
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Wild Ride to America 00:02:08
	Teodora was a woman who used her charm, her diamonds, and her intellect to escape the horrors of war.
	She wilded her way through Europe, and in the port of Lisbon, she boarded a ship that took her to a new life in America, by way of Cuba.
	Teodora was a woman who used her charm, her diamonds, and her intellect to escape the horrors of war.
	During her journey, she fell in love, divorced, married, and bore two sons.
	Theodora survived against the odds and made a home for herself and her family in the country she loved, America.
	Theodora looked over the balcony of her suite on the eighth floor of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
	She could hardly believe the magnificent vista that she was viewing.
	Beneath her were sun-tanned bodies of beautiful American women and men.
	She could not help staring at them.
	They looked so healthy and free.
	Free was the word that stuck in her mind.
	Somehow she could smell and taste the texture of freedom as it came up the eighth floors of the luxurious elegant Hotel Nacional.
	There were three truisms about Teodora.
	She loved her two sons, she had loved her husband, Saul, and she adored America the Beautiful.
	She represented the only things that were worth living for, freedom and love.
	For that, survival was the only way to lead a life of a wandering refugee.

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Wild Ride to America 00:02:08

Teodora was a woman who used her charm, her diamonds, and her intellect to escape the horrors of war.

She wilded her way through Europe, and in the port of Lisbon, she boarded a ship that took her to a new life in America, by way of Cuba.

Teodora was a woman who used her charm, her diamonds, and her intellect to escape the horrors of war.

During her journey, she fell in love, divorced, married, and bore two sons.

Theodora survived against the odds and made a home for herself and her family in the country she loved, America.

Theodora looked over the balcony of her suite on the eighth floor of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

She could hardly believe the magnificent vista that she was viewing.

Beneath her were sun-tanned bodies of beautiful American women and men.

She could not help staring at them.

They looked so healthy and free.

Free was the word that stuck in her mind.

Somehow she could smell and taste the texture of freedom as it came up the eighth floors of the luxurious elegant Hotel Nacional.

There were three truisms about Teodora.

She loved her two sons, she had loved her husband, Saul, and she adored America the Beautiful.

She represented the only things that were worth living for, freedom and love.

For that, survival was the only way to lead a life of a wandering refugee.