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from poland with love; At first, they literally didn't speak the same language.

Vogue

| February 01, 2006 | O'Grady, Megan | COPYRIGHT 2006 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Megan O'grady

He was born and raised in Communist Poland; I grew up in suburban Kansas City. He was sent to the store with the family ration card to wait in line for Cuban bananas; I argued with my parents over making my bed. His mother was a Solidarity labor organizer who narrowly avoided arrest during martial law; my mother was in the PTA. A collage of childhood photos to be displayed at our wedding was scrapped after the sepia-hued portraits of young Przemek, in eyeglass frames only Kim Il Sung could love, were deemed entirely too poignant.

While we were warned that entering into a multicultural marriage entailed certain risks, we trusted that ...

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