Marina Zhukovsky was born in an ordinary Kazakh city into an ordinary Soviet family, where her mother planned a brilliant career as a translator for her daughter, and her father, a colonel, prophesied a military future. Years later, against the wishes of her parents, Marina fluttered out of her parents’ nest, putting on a flight attendant’s uniform, and soon time, by the will of fate, she finally and irrevocably dived straight into the captain’s arms. And not just a captain, but a real Polish gentleman. Much water has passed under the bridge since then, and now Mrs. Marina lives in Warsaw, raises two young Poles and tells entertaining stories about the life of a Russian housewife (read: spy) in Poland... This book is sincere will amuse you and help you understand the intricacies of another culture and mentality.