Elizabeth and Other Stories

About the Book

There was one book, Walk of Life, published by Zoya Schmuter, MD, back in 2012, a collection of stories and essays covering travel experiences, various places of life, and unusual adventures. The new book is essentially continuation of that previous by offering a various stories, including travel to Italy and Israel, emigration from Nazi Germany and Soviet Union, and even adventure of the semi-wild cat Habib. Elizabeth story, the longest, describes the friendship of the author with Holocaust survivor, 103 years old woman escaping young from Nazi Germany, her life in Germany before WWII and after emigration. The author presents comparison of the young years of the Jewish woman in Germany with the author own childhood in the Soviet Union during and after the war. From Tuscany to Rome is a travel story with unique Untour company, that describes two weeks’ vacation in Italy, staying in local apartments and observing places and live of this old and vibrant country. A River Cruise on Danube is the description of visits to some Eastern European countries (Chech, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia) which awake the author feelings about participation of these countries in WWII. Habib is a touchy and loving story of a semi-wild cat and his relationship with his masters, the author’s family, deeply in love with their animals.

About the Author

Zoya Schmuter, MD, now retired, last 22 years of her career worked as a Medical Examiner in New York City. She was born, grew, and educated in the Soviet Union until 1975, and lived and worked for several years in Israel. She and her husband nowadays live in New York and Florida. Together with this one, Dr.Schmuter published 5 books. 1. From Russia with Luck,2006 by Vantage Press 2. We Borrowed Grandchildren for Swiss Vacation, 2008 by iUniverse 3. Tales of a Forensic Pathologist, 2009 by iUniverse 4. Walk of Life, 2012 by iUniverse