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    Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia
    Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia
    Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia
    Audiobook8 hours

    Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia

    Written by Yelena Lembersky and Galina Lembersky

    Narrated by Natasha Soudek

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    About this audiobook

    Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour is a heartfelt mother-and-daughter memoir about three generations of women and their fight to leave Soviet Russia. A mother is a dissident, a refusenik, and a prisoner in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the 1970s and '80s. Her daughter, eleven years old, is left without a family. A grandmother is in the USA, waiting for her daughter and granddaughter and not knowing if she'll ever see them again. "I am fine," the three of them write to each other in their letters.

    How can you be "fine" when you have to fight to survive? When you must be silent? When the place that you love turns against you?

    Told from the dual points of view, this memoir shows the reality of life in the Soviet Union, giving an insider's perspective on the roots of Putin's Russia. It is also a coming-of-age story, heartfelt and funny, a testament to the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters, and the healing power of art.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 17, 2023
    ISBN9798765057728
    Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia

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