Mariana Pasternak
Mariana Pasternak grew up in Romania and immigrated to the United States as a political refugee. The mother of two daughters, she has been a biomedical engineer and has held other positions involving computer-based research and development. For the past twenty years, she has been working as a realtor in Connecticut, where she lives.
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The Best of Friends
- By: Mariana Pasternak
- Narrator: Karen Saltus
- Length: 15 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 16, 2010
- Language: English
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Set in a world of luxury and power, this is the tell-all story of two remarkable women and a friendship that changed both their lives forever.
For more than two decades, Mariana Pasternak and Martha Stewart were nearly inseparable. They first met in... Read more
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