Summary of Agate Nesaule's A Woman in Amber

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#1 I can’t think of a story before I go to sleep. I have told my husband many stories, but during the day I feel like we are strangers. I don’t believe him when he says he loves me, and I don’t expect him until he returns.

#2 My mother would often take me and my sister up to the organ loft to wait for the sermon to be over. She would pedal around the orchard, ignoring us completely.

#3 My mother had one of her musical evenings. The maid laid out a white satin cloth, the delicate cups and plates with wreaths of pale violets and gold rims. The samovar gleamed. She would serve tea, Russian style, in tall glasses with slender long silver spoons.

#4 I remember listening to my mother sing with her friends, accompanied by Sniegs’s song. It was a song about the comfort Christ can bring to those who long for him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822582224

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Insights on Agate Nesaule's A Woman in Amber

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I can’t think of a story before I go to sleep. I have told my husband many stories, but during the day I feel like we are strangers. I don’t believe him when he says he loves me, and I don’t expect him until he returns.

#2

My mother would often take me and my sister up to the organ loft to wait for the sermon to be over. She would pedal around the orchard, ignoring us completely.

#3

My mother had one of her musical evenings. The maid laid out a white satin cloth, the delicate cups and plates with wreaths of pale violets and gold rims. The samovar gleamed. She would serve tea, Russian style, in tall glasses with slender long silver spoons.

#4

I remember listening to my mother sing with her friends, accompanied by Sniegs’s song. It was a song about the comfort Christ can bring to those who long for him.

#5

I was so afraid, and I was so relieved when he said that it would be fine. I was ashamed of my ritual of saying thank you when I put on my clothes, but I could not stop. I was glad that I was dressed, warm, and moving towards food.

#6

I know these fantasies trivialize the suffering of millions who were awakened at night, shoved out on cold sidewalks, and marched away as their homes and villages burned behind them.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I have spent hours with John, talking in bed about bits of plot and funny lines. Some images remain remarkably vivid. I envy the chain of images that extends all the way back to the Great Mother.

#2

My mother is back in Russia. She is twelve years old, the