The nesting dolls : a novel / Alina Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Alina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choices--Fiction.

Choices.

Women--Fiction.

Women.

Soviet Union--Fiction.

Soviet Union.

Russia--Fiction.

Russia.

Siberia (Russia)--Fiction.

Siberia (Russia).

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

365 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Summary:

Odessa, 1931. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon, Daria--born Dvora Kaganovitch--has fulfilled her mother's dreams. But a woman's plans are no match for the crushing power of Stalin's repressive Soviet state. To survive, Daria is forced to rely on the kindness of a man who takes pride in his own coarseness. Odessa, 1970. Brilliant young Natasha Crystal is determined to study mathematics. But the Soviets do not allow Jewish students--even those as brilliant as Natasha--to attend an institute as prestigious as Odessa University. With her hopes for the future dashed, Natasha must find a new purpose--one that leads her into the path of a dangerous young man. Brighton Beach, 2019. Zoe Venakovsky, known to her family as Zoya, has worked hard to leave the suffocating streets and small minds of Brighton Beach behind her--only to find that what she's tried to outrun might just hold her true happiness. Moving from a Siberian gulag to the underground world of Soviet refuseniks to oceanside Brooklyn, The Nesting Dolls is a heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive story of circumstance, choice, and consequence--and three dynamic unforgettable women, all who will face hardships that force them to compromise their dreams as they fight to fulfill their destinies.-- Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9780062910943

0062910949

OCLC:

1123615721

Publisher Number:

99984962574