Polish Cool

I received a UPS package last Friday from Harper Collins and couldn't wait to see what goodies it contained.  I tore open the package and there were two copies of my book in Polish.  And a totally different cover.  A cover, in fact, that I LOVED.  Very reminiscent of the 1960's movie posters I just viewed on a website last week.

My family and I went through the book with a fine-toothed comb and had real fun doing it. The names!!!!  My son became Caymanowi.  Spielberg became Stevena.  And for every idiom used there was a footnote....didn't know I used that many idioms. 

Now I'm waiting for the versions in Turkish and the unifying language of Indonesia.  Weird story about that--Harper Collins Jakarta had written to the New York office requesting Chore Whore be converted into their language the day AFTER the huge tsunami.  I kept thinking about that...how devastation happens all around and life goes on without even taking a breather to inhale what has just happened.  Same thing happened on 9/11....everywhere was closing down.  Folks weren't out on the streets.  But producers had their plans and I was called to work to carry out those plans.  The producer and his wife were walking about and carrying on as if nothing had happened.  In fact, the producer had just got news that his mother was in a Queens hospital and had no word as to whether it was WTC- related or not.  he honestly didn't look too concerned.  And he was one of the NICEST and most loving people I worked for.  I don't get the disconnection from tragedy and quite honestly, hope I never do.