I Tried

The time is 1972 to 1990. The place is communist Romania one of the satellite states of the almighty-albeit slowly decaying-Soviet Union.I Tried is a collection of stories that reflect the authors life from the tender age of ten through age 28. The 36 tales of street-soccer beekeeping abuse brutality chases forced labor love secret police informants and revolution present a quilt-like collage of the life in communist Romania a country ruled by Nicolae Ceausescu one of the worst dictators of the 20th century.These intimate stories-in turn thrilling funny and sad-of everyday life under a communist regime offer the reader a glimpse of an almost unimaginable period of recent history. I Tried will take you on an emotional roller coaster and leave you filled with wonder and disbelief that such events could occur in our modern world.