We Wait For You Unheard Voices from

We Wait for You chronicles the lives of average citizens in Post-Ceausescu Romania. Annabelle Townson, an American Peace Corps volunteer in Romania from 2001-2003, offers a fascinating personal account of the aftermath of the fall of Communism.

Preface

ix

Historic Origins

xi

Introduction

xv

PART I IN THE BEGINNING

1

(20)

Early Days

3

(3)

On the Streets of Ploiesti

6

(10)

The Host Family

16

(5)

PART II OBSERVATIONS AND REVELATIONS

21

(20)

His Villa up in the Vineyards

23

(5)

Romania, I Ache for You

28

(4)

Enter September 11, 2001

32

(6)

Husi Days

38

(3)

PART III UNHEARD VOICES SPEAK

41

(18)

Enter Valentin and Mihail

43

(2)

Power of our Roots

45

(3)

At the House of Culture

48

(2)

The Soul Seekers

50

(3)

The Projects Progress

53

(6)

PART IV THEIR ORDINARY LIVES

59

(22)

Take the Bus!

61

(3)

The Gypsies have a Stare

64

(2)

The Ordinary People Live and Die

66

(3)

God Bless Romania!

69

(3)

We Were Somewhere in Eastern Europe

72

(5)

Goodbye Husi

77

(4)

PART V A DIFFERENT VIEW

81

(34)

It's a Working River

83

(3)

Enter Liliana

86

(5)

You Will Make no Difference Here

91

(5)

Enter Gabi

96

(4)

The English Club, Galati

100

(5)

Hotel Danube

105

(5)

Yes, But We Are Still a Poor and Shoddy Society

110

(5)

PART VI TWO CULTURES

115

(12)

Return Home

117

(3)

Enter Family and Friends

120

(4)

I Always Felt my Work Was in the Villages

124

(3)

PART VII WE TOO ARE UNIQUE

127

(12)

Slanic Moldova

129

(3)

Uncle Enacu and Aunt Aneta

132

(2)

Claudiu and the Village Branistea

134

(5)

PART VIII IN THE END

139

(14)

Return to Husi

141

(2)

A Village Responds

143

(3)

This is the Best of Times

146

(2)

Last Days

148

(5)

Epilogue

153

(4)

Personal Profile

157

(6)

Index

163

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We Wait For You Unheard Voices from Post-Communist Romania

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