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Julia George

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Julia George is the pen name of a husband and wife writing team - Julia Odegard and George Kovach. Julia and George haven't always been writers. Many of their adventures have been in the world of the theater. They've both acted and directed. George also produced plays and made documentary films. Julia has designed costumes and sets and performed in commercials. Along the way she ran her won interior design business. George did a stint as a talent agent in Manhattan, represented a Russian artist, and crossed swords with the Soviet KGB in the Evil Empire. Together they also raised a terrific son. "Galya Popoff and the Dead Souls" is their first novel. Their second detective novel is a bit more serious than "Galya." "Blood into Wine" is set in ...more

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Julia George We (Julia and George) are currently working on a series of novels that are based on the true stories from George's (my husband) family. We are calling…moreWe (Julia and George) are currently working on a series of novels that are based on the true stories from George's (my husband) family. We are calling it the Broken Lives Trilogy.

The first book (and it's in edits right now) is about George's stepmother and his father. His stepmother was sent to Auschwitz when she was sixteen. After Auschwitz she returned home to Slovakia, was arrested by the Soviets as a German spy and sent to the Gulag (Vorkuta) for ten years.

Yes, this is just like Cilka's Journey. The difference is that our book is written by the real relatives of "Cilka" - her stepson (George) and her stepdaughter-in-law (Julia). It makes extensive use of the memoirs of Ivan Kovach (George's father) and the personal discussions George had with his father and Celia over the years. It is written in novel form, first person Celia. It is the true love story that was missing from Cilka's Journey. We hope to publish it this year. The working title is One Redeeming Love.

Julia George (Julia and George) have started on the second book in the trilogy. Islands of Memory. This is the story of George's grandmother who was born and raised in Imperial Russia, went to university to study to become a doctor, and before that could happen was driven out of Russia by the Bolsheviks in 1919. She barely made it out and many of her close relatives were murdered by the Bolsheviks. It is a story of love and hope, courage and fear. This book too is based on the memoirs of George's grandmother, Julia Gudim Levkovich/Gersdorff.

The third book in the Broken Lives Trilogy will be about George's mother (Julia's mother-in-law) Galya Kovach/Tarakanov - wife of Ivan Kovach. She escaped the Bolsheviks in 1919 as a one-year-old, grew up in exile in Yugoslavia, married Ivan in graduate school where she was studying to become a lawyer. When Ivan was arrested by the Soviets when they took over Czechoslovakia, she escaped with her three-year-old son (George) across the border into Germany. A near thing as there were Soviet guards shooting at them. She made her way to Canada where she - a woman with a degree in law - scrubbed floors in a bank to support herself and her son. Through courage and hard work, she mastered English, waited for and gained US citizenship, and became a professor of Russian language and literature at Oakland University in Michigan. She was an amazing woman, full of energy, who loved to laugh.

The writing of these books is an act of honoring the memory of George's father, mother, grandmother and stepmother. Eternal memory.

We hope readers enjoy these journeys into a world almost forgotten.
Now, all we have to do is get one published and the other two written.
Wish us luck.(less)

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When will Celia's story be published?

Julia George We (my husband George and I) have finished Celia's story. We have just signed with a publisher and the book will be released towards the end of this y…moreWe (my husband George and I) have finished Celia's story. We have just signed with a publisher and the book will be released towards the end of this year. The title will most probably be Love and Redemption. We are so glad to be able to redeem Celia's character in this novel based on George's conversations with Celia and his father, Ivan Kovach, who met her in Vorkuta and married her when they were released. We were also grateful to George's father, Ivan, for his detailed and often entertaining memoirs of his time in the Soviet Gulag. Celia's story is one of the most horrific tales of the Twentieth Century and deserves to be told as she and Ivan told it to us. We will be posting news of the book on our website at juliageorgeauthor.com. Thank you for your interest. It's been a long road to finding a publisher - but not as long as the road Celia had to travel to find love and redemption in her life. (less)

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Why We Wrote Love and Redemption.

A Son’s Struggle to Redeem the Memory and Character of His Family. By George Kovach – Stepson of Celia Klein/Kovacova and Son of Ivan Kovach.

There is a reason for this novel that goes far beyond the desire to tell a remarkable story. Love and Redemption was born out of love, grief, and a sense of duty to redeem the character and tarnished memory of my stepmother, Celia Klein/Kovacova, after sh

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