02362cam a2200313 i 4500 1011167006 TxAuBib 20231102120000.0 230604s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023024719 9781538181775 HRD 35.00 1538181770 HRD 35.00 TxAuBib rda Swick, Thomas, author Falling into place. Falling into place [BOOK] : a story of love, Poland, and the making of a travel writer / Thomas Swick ; foreword by Pico Iyer. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023] xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Working as a feature writer in 1976, Thomas Swick falls in love with a visiting Polish student named Hania and soon moves with her to Warsaw. The next decade sees Thomas living in Poland, Greece, and Philadelphia. He declines an invitation to be a Polish informer, sees John Paul II embolden the masses on his first trip back to his homeland since becoming pope, witnesses the rise of Solidarity and the imposition of martial law in Poland, and walks with thousands of Poles on the pilgrimage to Częstochowa, an annual religious rite that blossoms into a nine-day protest march. In 1989, he watches Hania vote in her country’s first free elections since pre-war independence. One month later, he lands his dream job as a travel writer. Falling into Place is the personal story of a young man’s discovery of the world and his development as a travel writer. It is also a love story, as he and Hania overcome cultural differences, communist bureaucracy, and unhealthy separations. Intertwined with both is the story of the revolution that altered history. With the world’s attention once again turned to Eastern Europe, and a Cold War reality, this memoir can help Americans better understand both. -Provided by publisher. 20231102. Swick, Thomas. Swick, Thomas. Travel. Travel writers United States Biography. Poland Description and travel. Poland History 1980-1989. Iyer, Pico, writer of foreword.