(MEMOIRS OF A PIANO is a whimsical chronicle of the viciss...)
MEMOIRS OF A PIANO is a whimsical chronicle of the vicissitudes of fortune of a French piano during more than a century of historical upheavals.
In its own voice Piano regales us with many stories, thus joining some of its famous predecessors su
(During the Siege of Leningrad, a young Russian nurse find...)
During the Siege of Leningrad, a young Russian nurse finds Shurik, a near-starved orphan boy, in the rubble of a bombed-out apartment house. She saves him, cares for him, and submerges her feelings to protect him. Together, two victims of war create a family with enough love and sacrifice to endure seemingly endless hardships. Through lively, colorful characters and vivid details, Shurik unveils a WWII saga of unprecedented compassion and perserverance.
(A young actress and an orphan boy struggle to survive dur...)
A young actress and an orphan boy struggle to survive during the siege of Leningrad. A true story of heroism and sacrifice, of love and hate, told by Kyra Petrovskaya, who lived through it.
(Lovely Lubahsa had grown up in the cold and barren Russia...)
Lovely Lubahsa had grown up in the cold and barren Russian forest, driven from her village by a cruel and bloody act. Vasily was an exile from St. Petersburg, doomed to an alien life among ignorant peasants. Together they found an answer in love, only to discover that a more terrible fate could await them because of their forbidden feelings.
Max the Dog That Refused to Die and: Pepper's Ordeal
(Retells the true adventure of Max who becomes lost and se...)
Retells the true adventure of Max who becomes lost and severely injured but makes his way over rugged terrain reaching a cabin where he is befriended and rushed to a vet. Almost totally emaciated from his ordeal, Max's chances for recovery are slim. Still, his indomitable will bolsters him against all obstacles. A tag with his owner's telephone number allows the kindly strangers to notify the owners of Max's condition. Helped by several specialists and the devotion of his family, Max eventually recovers. Pepper's Ordeal is the true story of another of Kyra Wayne's beloved Dobermans. An open gate leads Pepper to a sinister character and rusty cages full of raging pitbulls. After some shrewd detective work, Kyra and a pair of courageous boys rescue Pepper from a dogfight training farm, but not without an encounter with the woman with 'one long earring'.
(During the World War II siege of Leningrad, a young Russi...)
During the World War II siege of Leningrad, a young Russian nurse finds a nearly starved orphan boy--Shurik--in the rubble of a bombed-out apartment house. With honesty and humor, Kyra Wayne recalls a brutal period of Soviet history when scarcity of such basics as food, water and heat drove people to the heights of courage or cowardice.
Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, Ukrainian writer Decorated Red Star, numerous other decorations Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics; recipient award Crusade for Freedom, 1955-1956; award Los Angeles County, 1972, Merit award American Lung Association L.A.County, 1988. Served to Lieutenant Russian Army, 1941-1943.; Member Society Children"s Book Writers.
Background
Wayne, Kyra Petrovskaya was born on December 31, 1918 in Crimea, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Arrived in the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1951. Daughter of Prince Vasily Sergeyevich and Baroness Zinaida Fedorovna (Fon-Haffenberg) Obbolensky.
Education
1 child, Ronald George. Bachelor, Leningrad Institute Theatre Arts, 1939, Master of Arts, 1940. Actress, concert singer, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1939-1946.
Founder, president Clean Air Program, Los Angeles County, 1971—1972. Member Seattle Art Museum. Member women's council Station KCET-Ednl. television.
Member Monterey County Symphony Guild, 1989—1991, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Peninsula Museum Art, Friends of La Mirada, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Valley Children's Hospital. Member of Seattle Art Museum, Idyllwild School Music, Carmel Music Society (board directors 1992-1994), Authors Guild, Society Children's Book Writers, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Fresno Philharmonic, University of California at Los Angeles Affiliates (life), Los Angeles Lung Association (life. President and founder clean air program 1972-1974), Art and Theatre Association (trustee 1987), Friends Lung Association (president 1988), University of California at Los Angeles Medical Faculty Wives 1970-1971, (director 1971-1975), Club 25, Los Angelenos Club (life).
Connections
Married George J. Wayne, April 21, 1961. 1 child Ronald George.
Decorated Red Star, numerous decorations Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Recipient award, Crusade for Freedom, 1955-1956, Los Angeles County, 1972, Merit award, American Lung Association Los Angeles County, 1988, award of Merit, Congress Russian Americans, 1999.
Decorated Red Star, numerous decorations Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Recipient award, Crusade for Freedom, 1955-1956, Los Angeles County, 1972, Merit award, American Lung Association Los Angeles County, 1988, award of Merit, Congress Russian Americans, 1999.