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Wydra Apartment in Krakow

The place is a two-room home, considered quite respectable by post World War II standards in Europe, mainly because the family who lives there does not have to share it with anyone.

Kraków, Poland

This city is the former capital in its country and is the main setting for Part I of the book where the author spent her childhood before emigrating in 1959.

The Varsovian

This place is a Polish café regularly frequented by the author's father.

America

This place is the land of opportunity and new language for the author who embraces the foreign culture while studying at various universities.

Rice University

This is the university where Eva earns her bachelor's degree on a scholarship and is also the site at which Eva becomes Americanized.

Texas

This is the state of the author's alma mater.

Vancouver, Canada

This is the city to...

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