As Picasso utilized to say, nothing grows in the shadow of large trees, but Mark Brzezinski has signed up perfectly in relations between our peoples, fulfilling his mission in Poland perfectly.
"Partnership" is not a biography of the erstwhile ambassador, nor is it an analysis of Polish-American relations. It's an intimate communicative in the convention of trilateral conversation, about Mark and his partner, Polce Oldze Leonowicz. They met at the beginning of the 21st century, erstwhile Polka, who began her career in the Ministry of abroad Affairs, went to the U.S. and met young Brzezinski there. “Olga let people into the party,” Mark recalls. “I immediately noticed her. She looked like a queen. Beautiful eyes, complexion, gestures, grace and freedom. My jaw's down. I don't care who else I meet at this party. It was an event for Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, there were quite a few powerful people around, but seriously, it could have been a Martian and it wouldn't have curious me. I took a good circular and rapidly returned to where Olga stood. But out of decency, I had to wait. I asked him his name, I introduced myself...’. due to the fact that Olga's Washington internship was just beginning,
were 4 months old
To be friends. "It didn't substance to me that we had a difference in age or education," Mark recalls. "I have a PhD in Oxford, but Olga is more intelligent than I am. She communicates with me in a abroad language. If I were to talk Polish, it would be a failure.” The relation was thickening. Olga says: “We met again and we had a large conversation again. Mark had fresh ideas all day, took me to Bruce Springsteen's concert, worked close the embassy at the time, so we would go out for lunch, dinner nights, and on weekends we would sail a boat on the Potomak River. But I was careful. I kept saying that I was only here for a fewer months...’. Marek's future partner then met his family, and at the first gathering prof. Zbigniew Brzeziński asked the girl about her national hero. It made her a small nervous. “I was not curious in past at the time, so I became speechless. I stayed up all night, and this morning I taught: John Paul II. The answer was not besides deep, and I think he understood that I would not be a partner for him to discuss Polish history. Furthermore, there was 1 correct answer to this question – Marshal Piłsudski". The first contacts with Brzeziński were affirmative for Olga, adequate to say that they invited young Polka on vacation. The key conviction belonged to Mark's mother, and the 1 about Olda said: “She is simply a peculiar female who illuminates all area she enters.” Olga recalls: “I lived on the top level and Mark on the ground floor... We were not married and Mark's parents would never agree to a area together." The charm of both worked, the fascination was complete, but destiny separated them for 2 decades. Only in 2021, erstwhile Brzezinski was able to take over the facility in Warsaw, the acquaintance was renewed and ignited with a feeling... Olga Leonovich, although not becoming an ambassador, became a recognized (also by the State Department) ambassador's partner. Anna Pamula's leading interview with the ambassador couple defined the book's publicistic meaning:
