Bibliograph

Russian tattoo, a memoir, Elena Gorokhova

Type

Label

Russian tattoo, a memoir, Elena Gorokhova

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Russian tattoo

Oclc number

873006383

Responsibility statement

Elena Gorokhova

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

"In A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova describes coming of age behind the Iron Curtain and leaving her mother and her Motherland for a new life in the United States. Now, in Russian Tattoo, Elena learns that the journey of an immigrant is filled with everyday mistakes, small humiliations, and a loss of dignity. Cultural disorientation comes in the form of not knowing how to eat a hamburger, buy a pair of shoes, or catch a bus. But through perseverance and resilience, Elena gradually adapts to her new country. With the simultaneous birth of her daughter and the arrival of her Soviet mother, who comes to the US to help care for her granddaughter and stays for twenty-four years, it becomes the story of a unique balancing act and a family struggle. Russian Tattoo is a poignant memoir of three generations of strong women with very different cultural values, all living under the same roof and battling for control. Themes of separation and loss, grief and struggle, and power and powerlessness run throughout this story of growing understanding and, finally, redemption.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator