Russian tattoo : a memoir
Gorokhova, Elena2015
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When Elena Gorokhova arrives in America, the only link back to her Russian past is a suitcase filled with twenty kilograms of what used to be her life. Navigating a country she had been taught to fear, Elena begins to carve out a new life in an unfamiliar world. Before the birth of Elena's daughter, her mother comes to visit and stays for twenty-four years. Elena, must struggle with the challenge of raising an American daughter whilst living with her controlling mother, a mirror image of her Motherland.
Main title:
Russian tattoo : a memoir / Elena Gorokhova.
Author:
Gorokhova, Elena, author
Imprint:
London : Windmill Books, 2015.
Collation:
336 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780099592051 (pbk)0099592053
Dewey class:
305.8'9171'073'092305.8917305.891305.89920
Local class:
920.GORB GOR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
719983
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