Review:
"Elena Gorokhova's memoir of her journey to America is delightful, hilarious and bracingly candid, a memorable odyssey of learning and striving as she escapes from the crumbling old world to a strange and mystifying new life."--David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dead Hand
"Russian Tattoo is the story of an immigrant, of leaving what you know and love. It is the story of mothers and daughters--a story of love, forgiveness, and the desire to belong."--Anya Von Bremzen, author of Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
""Russian Tattoo" is a page-turner from the start. . . . Gorokhova fills her story of arriving in the U.S. with telling, fascinating details . . . [and] bravely, frankly shares her life."--Eloise Kinney "Booklist "
"Blazingly entertaining."--Caroline Leavitt (blogger)
"This incredibly powerful book slips into your unconscious with charm and warmth and then grabs you by the gut. By the time you reach the end, you ll have experienced the laughter, sorrow, joy, regret, love and hurt of a real life. And you ll have a lump in your throat the size of Petersburg. With a magical command of language, Elena Gorokhova has painted images on my brain I won t forget, as if I d lived those moments myself. Because, somehow, I did."--Alan Alda"
"Russian Tattoois the story of an immigrant, of leaving what you know and love. It is the story of mothers and daughters--a story of love, forgiveness, and the desire to belong."--Anya Von Bremzen, author of Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking"
Blazingly entertaining. --Caroline Leavitt (blogger)"
"Russian Tattoo is a page-turner from the start. . . . Gorokhova fills her story of arriving in the U.S. with telling, fascinating details . . . [and] bravely, frankly shares her life."--Eloise Kinney "Booklist "
Book Description:
An exquisite portrait of mothers and daughters that reaches from Cold War Russia to modern-day New Jersey, from the author of A Mountain of Crumbs.
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