Against the Wind : Memoirs of a German Immigrant and an American ER Doctor
Overview
The story of a family forged by history, held together by love, and driven by a fierce determination to survive
Horst Freyhofer was born in 1938 in D sseldorf, Germany, and survived the Allied bombings that reduced his city to near rubble. In 1963 he came to the Unites States in search of a better life.
Sue was born in 1944 in Bauxite, Arkansas, a small mining town still reeling from the Great Depression. An ocean away from Horst's upbringing, her life followed a different path-one filled with her own struggles, joys, and hardships as a young single mother.
When Horst and Sue met in 1973 at UCLA during a time of political upheaval and societal change, they found in each other a shared resilience and a quiet defiance of the hands they'd been dealt. Together, they determined to make a better future for themselves and build a new family: one rooted in compassion and perseverance and secured with an unshakable bond.
Against the Wind is the powerful autobiography of two determined people whose struggles span the globe from post-WWII Europe and small-town America to the tumult of Vietnam-era protests in California, to years of living in Mexico, marriage in Arkansas, and, eventually, finding a place for their family to grow and thrive in New England. This is a story of survival, ambition, change, and the enduring strength of love.
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9798218711979
- ISBN-10: 9798218711979
- Publisher: Transatlantic Books
- Publish Date: September 2025
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.85 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.12 pounds
- Page Count: 382
Related Categories
