Liberty’s Quest: The Compelling Story of the Wife and Mother of Two Poetry Pulitzer Prize Winners, James Wright & Franz Wright

Liberty Kovacs
Robert D. Reed (2008)
ISBN 9781931741965
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (10/08)


With great will Liberty Kovacs lives her own epic tale.  Never has life been easy, never has she succumbed to a challenge, never has she shown anything by incredible courage and grit.

We begin the journey in the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea of Greece where although very beautiful dealt Liberty a life full of challenge.  The father was master and all other family members were to know their place.  Explaining the culture of Greece gives great insight into Liberty’s young lifestyle and shows the reason she chose to follow her own heart and astronomical courage it took for her to do so.  Liberty heard many, many times growing up the little ditty, “A man may work from daylight to dusk, but a woman’s work is never done.”  She knew the work she was to do would be of her own choosing.

This simple sign showed her the way out:

YOUNG WOMEN WANTED
TO JOIN THE NURSE CADETS.
AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF TRAINING
IN A NURSING PROGRAM,
THE GRADUATE WOULD CONTRIBUTE
TWO YEARS OF SERVICE
TO THE ARMY NURSE CORPS.

From there we travel with this extraordinary woman thru love, marriage, child-birth and a path of amazing careers.

Never giving up, a fierce spiritual warrior, conquering any and all obstacles thrown her way, Liberty Kovacs is a great life to read in “Liberty’s Quest.”  Family was always greatly important to Liberty and this woman shows us we can have it all!

Paddle on!

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