Pandemonium: A Journey To The New World

Pandemonium: A Journey to the New World is a true story about the impact of the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia on three generations of a prominent Prague family. Told from the perspective of Edita -- a physician's daughter, a scientist's wife, and a mother of two young children -- the story describes the insanity, frustration, and desperation associated with living under a corrupt socialist regime. There was the ingenious rearranging of the family apartment to hide Chippendale furnishings and family affairs from the jealous neighbor. There are the devastating details about how Edita's father, a world-renown surgeon, was denied a livelihood because of his refusal to conform to the world that does not make sense to him. Finally, there was the revelation that even family members cannot be trusted. The scenes range from comic to heartrending to bittersweet. In the end, Edita and her family triumph over the system and escape oppression.