Paylie Roberts

Memories of Poland, Lessons from Growing Up Under Communism Paylie Roberts

Publisher Marketing: Paylie Roberts spent the first eight years of her life living under communist rule in Poland. From age eight on she grew up in the US and became so Americanized that she refused to acknowledge her native Polish heritage, including her birth name. Only after researching the history of why her family was exiled from Poland by the communist government did she realize the tremendously important and unique lessons that the Polish Solidarity movement offers about overcoming tyranny, oppression, and corruption, and how these lessons are imminently relevant and applicable to America today. Paylie combines her personal story with historical facts and sheds light on the many unnerving similarities between growing up in communist Poland in the early 1980s and life in the US now, in a way that is engaging, insightful and inspiring. She recounts her memories of living under the Soviet Union's rule over Poland, as her family struggled along with most other Poles just to survive. This book also includes memories that are only told by Poles as they were never recorded in "official" history due to media censorship during those years. Paylie wrote this book not only to honor the brave Polish people (including her parents) for defeating tyranny using largely non-violent means, but also with the hope of spreading knowledge that could help prevent her worst fears from manifesting regarding what the future in "free" America may hold. Contributor Bio:  Roberts, Paylie Paylie Roberts once lived in a major city, and enjoyed all the comforts of city life. In 2007 Paylie's husband convinced her to study the current state of economics and politics in the western world. As a result, Paylie realized that her freedom was at stake, and that survival itself meant she had to take action into her own hands. Thus Paylie's life as a prepper began. Since then, she has changed her life by leaving the convenience of suburbia, and moving to a homestead in the middle of nowhere. There she learned first hand the hardships of living off the land, and what it takes to really survive. Her novels reflect the hard facts and the steep learning curves of what it takes to live out in the middle of nowhere.