Book Description
Roman Adrian Cybriwsky narrates his memoirs from soon after birth in Austria in 1945 to the present in Philadelphia, where he has been sheltering from the Covid-19 pandemic. We follow him from Europe to immigration to the United States in 1949, through schooling from kindergarten to Ph.D., and then marriage, family life, a 46-year career as a professor of Geography, and then retirement. We see him as son, student, nerd, and ballplayer, as well as Ukrainian-American, husband, father of three, widower, grandfather, and prolific author of books that are worth reading. He is a traveler too, with long chapters of work and residence in Japan and Ukraine, and visits to famous beaches around the world in search of the perfect tan. The many memoirs that he relates are touching and thought-provoking, or funny and self-deprecating. The book is easy to read and fun. You will like the author and want to hug him.