Simone Pertuiset creates a memoir of Europe's transition into the technology-driven modern age, and a saga about ordinary people and larger-than-life characters living in extraordinary times. She has lived, worked, and volunteered in many countries and has traveled extensively including sailing around the world for seven years on a small sailboat. After more than 30 years as a teacher, science and technical writer (author of SMART Green + Productive Workplace: A practical desk companion for corporate real estate professionals), she turns her writing skills and creative style to historical novels and storytelling. Brought up in a multicultural family with a British mother and French father, she was immersed in two distinct cultures from a youn
