Susan Katana Cork
Susan is a designer and author. She recently published her first novel. The experiences of her father, Frank Katana, who escaped communist Yugoslavia to start a new life in Canada is portrayed in her book, The Soul of a Shoemaker.
The engaging, well-told story dutifully chronicles true-life experiences familiar to many immigrants who have had to give up much to come here to start again.
In this case, the rich and beautiful traditions of Croatian culture, the loving embrace of family and even the arrival of the one true love into Katana’s life are presented in stark contrast to the hardship and poverty of a post-WWII communist dictatorship that demanded unreserved fealty to corrupt leadership that offered little in return.
In 1950s Yugoslavia, master cobbler Frank Katana must make a harrowing decision: stay and face certain death, or flee to Canada and leave everything he knows and loves behind. But in a new country, Frank must navigate the struggles of building a new life and the ache of longing for his family, his true love and his homeland in this heart-wrenching story of survival and sacrifice.
The book is available on Amazon:
https://mybook.to/THESOULOFASHOEMAKER
Website: https://susancork.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susancork
