Arthur E. Hedstrom Call Me Sonja

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It is the early 1900s and Norman Carey is a young boy spending a winter holiday in Cannes, France with his family. While there, he meets a young Russian princess named Sonja amid a glamorous social scene. When the winter season in Cannes ends, the two go their separate ways; Norman returns to the United States while Sonja returns to her royal life in Moscow and her familys castle. The two eventually meet again in the United States and in Mexico City. They quickly discover that they have feelings for one another, despite the differences in their social classes. Norman and Sonja are again separated when Sonja joins the American Relief Organization and returns to her homeland to help feed the starving children in her country. Norman refuses to let his true love get away. Risking everything, he follows Sonja to Russia in the hopes that she would agree to be with him forever. But will their class differences and troublesome circumstances keep them apart?