Elena Mihaila was born in Romania where she qualified as an agricultural engineer. She worked as an accountant and started a family before making the dangerous decision to leave her homeland during the time of the Romanian revolution. She now lives in a small town in New Zealand where she enjoys painting, tending to her garden and chickens and being surrounded by her children and grandchildren.
With endless twists, turns and setbacks, this is one woman's extraordinary story of resilience and determination Elena's story began in communist Romania where tumultuous changes in her country and her own life forced her to flee, seeking greater freedom for herself and her children. In leaving, she risked not just herself but those she left behind, while encountering the worst and best in...