Ann Dickinson Sargent

American Governess Ann Dickinson Sargent

Imagine a young woman who's always wanted to see the world, but who's never left Florida; who has a college degree but is unworldly; who is unquenchably optimistic, honest, and full of determination. Imagine her traveling to a castle in Bavaria to teach English to the five children of a Count and Countess. Imagine it is 1961, in the height of the Cold War, a few months after Nikita Krushchev banged his shoe on a table and said, We will bury you! to the United States. Imagine it was the year the Berlin Wall was built, a time in which Bavaria shared a long border with Communist Czechoslovakia, and convoys of tanks clanked through villages at night. Remember that in 1961 the internet and cell phones didn't exist, that the only ways to communicate over long distances were by prohibitively expensive and cumbersome phone calls, by telegram, or by airmail letters and packages sent by ship. Imagine the year this young woman spent there turning out to be an utterly magical, unforgettable experience. Imagine LIFE Magazine printing her story. You don't have to imagine that at all. Just read my book!