Breaking Free: A Memoir of Love and Revolution

Rating:
Summary: Better Than Fiction
Review: Prominent Soviet scientist falls in love with granddaughter of American President - it sounds like fodder for a best selling novel, so it's all the more remarkable for being true. Susan Eisenhower's account of her love affair with and eventual marriage to Roald Sagdeev is the fascinating story of two people defying the odds of the Cold War to make a life together. From their burgeoning courtship through the maze of beaurocracy they needed to overcome, their story is two-fold: the age-old tale of boy meets girl played out against the intricate politics of a world in transition.