writes about war from a young person's view #bannedbyrussia
At the 22.32 mark of this episode of Nash Holos, Myra Junyk gives a wonderful review of Trapped in Hitler’s Web, but the entire podcast is great. Paulette MacQuarrie selects excellent Ukrainian and Jewish music.
Thanks, Colleen Nelson and Kathie MacIsaac for inviting me and Tuyet to your book club tonight. It was great to chat!
I wrote about Tuyet’s childhood in Last Airlift and One Step at a Time, which has recently been re-released in an omnibus edition titled Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars. Readers have contacted both me and Tuyet, inspired by her grit, optimism and indomitable spirit. But what many readers may not realize is that Tuyet is now a celebrated Canadian athlete in Women’s Sledge Hockey and played in the World Championship in 2014. Here’s an article about that.
In the summer of 2015, Tuyet was the final Torch Bearer in the Pan Am Para Am games.
