Free: Coming of Age at the End of History

by Lea Ypi

Book Overview

Family and nation formed a reliable bedrock of security for precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi. She was a Young Pioneer, helping to lead her country toward the future of perfect freedom promised by the leaders of her country, the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Then, almost overnight, the Berlin Wall fell and the pillars of her society toppled. The local statue of Stalin, whom she had believed to be a kindly leader who loved children, was beheaded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324050292
• ISBN13: 9781324050292
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"