Sometimes leaving everything behind is the only way to survive.Helen Szablya tells the tale of life after her harrowing escape to freedom from Communist Hungary with her young family in 1956 to establish a new life as a refugee in Canada, then the US. As she builds her family and her business acumen she eventually helps establish the Hungarian Consulate in the Northwest US and becomes the first woman Honorary Consul General, supporting the new Hungary as it emerges from communism. A deeply personal memoir and a true American adventure with global reach, this autobiography continues where her book My Only Choice: Hungary 1942 - 1956 leaves off and takes the reader on an epic journey to 2020.
Sometimes leaving everything behind is the only way to survive.Helen Szablya tells the tale of life after her harrowing escape to freedom from Communist Hungary with her young family in 1956 to establish a new life as a refugee in Canada, then the US. As she builds her family and her business acumen she eventually helps establish the Hungarian Consulate in the Northwest US and becomes the first woman Honorary Consul General, supporting the new Hungary as it emerges from communism. A deeply personal memoir and a true American adventure with global reach, this autobiography continues where her book My Only Choice: Hungary 1942 - 1956 leaves off and takes the reader on an epic journey to 2020.
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