Otherland: A Journey with My Daughter
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1741666791 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 314 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
I left too early, I missed the whole point. But, in Maria and Billie's case, the past was not simply another country, but one that no longer existed. This is the story of a six-week trip traversing three generations, three lifetimes, and three profoundly different but profoundly interconnected stories of mothers and daughters.. I left before Russia and Ukraine became separate countries, before the KGB archives were opened, before the Russian version of Wheel of Fortune, before the word 'Gulag' appeared in textbooks. For Maria the trip back is no simple stroll down memory lane. Splintered and scattered across the world, her generation has ended up inhabiting vastly different realities. Along with exploring the political and cultural fallout of a century of turmoil, Maria wanted to bring together the worlds of her mother and daughter—the different continents, histories, and experiences they encompassed. Before they set off, Maria wistfully imagined her and Billie's hearts beating in unison as they traveled back to a past they could both understand, forging a nearly superhuman bond along the way. "I left too early, before tanks rolled into Moscow in 19
"For the most part her account is fascinating, even exhilarating, and there is barely a dead word in the book. Tumarkin's viewpoint is unfailingly insightful with an overlay of pungent Russian humour." —Age