Becoming Doctor Lana Inspired by a true story

"Becoming Doctor Lana" is the second book in the "Love Child" series. In the first book, the reader is welcomed into Marek's world. In the sequel, the reader will follow Lana in her difficult journey to become a doctor. She is not giving up her dream to practice holistic medicine.
It is February 1945. At the beginning of the sequel, the reader sees Lana on a train, returning from Vilnius to Leningrad. Lana's lover Marek, whose child she is carrying, is fleeing from the Soviets when the opportunity presents itself. Marek rejects the idea of living under the Soviet regime. Lana is a Soviet patriot. She is pregnant with Marek's baby but will not leave her country or her orphaned, young siblings. Lana's dream is to graduate medical school in Leningrad and to become a fully licensed doctor. She is determined to graduate from medical school, but the war interrupts her studies.

Lucy Schneiberg is a lifelong reader and storyteller, raised on Russian and World literature. She specialized in linguistics and English literature. She emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States with her five-year-old son in 1980. In 2022, Lucy published her first novel, "Love Child." Lucy now resides with her family in New Jersey.