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"Larissa is a stubborn, brutally honest woman in her eighties, tired of her home in Kiev, Ukraine, tired of everything in life, really, except for her beloved granddaughter, Natasha. Natasha is tired as well, but that's because she has just had a baby, and she's struggling to balance her roles as a new mother, a wife, an actress (or she used to be, anyway), and a host to her husband's greasy-haired, useless best friend, Stas, who has been staying with them in Brooklyn. When Natasha asks Larissa to tell the story of her family's Soviet wartime escape from the Nazis in Kiev, Larissa reluctantly agrees. Perhaps Natasha is just looking for distraction from her own life, but Larissa is desperate to make her happy, even though the story hurts to tell. But as she recounts the three-year period when she fled with her difficult sister, their parents, and grandmother to an abandoned army village in the Ural Mountains, and the series of unfortunate events that occurred there, such as near starvation, a cholera outbreak, a tragic suicide, and a complex love triangle with two brothers from a privileged family--neither Larissa nor Natasha can anticipate how loudly these lessons of the past will echo in their present moments. Navigating between Larissa and Natasha's perspectives, then and now, Something Unbelievable explores with piercing wit and tender feeling just how much our circumstances shape our lives and what we pass along to the younger generations, willingly or not"--… (plus d'informations)
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This is basically a story of a grandmother's relationship with her granddaughter. Larissa, the grandmother, lives in Kiev, Ukraine and experienced a harrowing time during WWII when her family escaped Kiev as the Germans were taking the city. Staying in the Ural Mountains, Larissa and her "pretty and petty" sister survive hunger, cold, and death around them.
Natasha, the granddaughter, lives in New York City, with her newborn and the father whose friend is also living with them. Natasha is a struggling actor and is struggling with life as a new mother. She and Larissa Skype on a regular basis. There is a special bond between the two women.
The book is told is alternating chapters of Larissa's story of the war and Natasha's life in NYC. I especially loved the bonds of their relationship and that Larissa seemed to completely understand the granddaughter. Larissa's marriage is also a vital part of the book.
A bit slow at first as I was much more interested in the historical sections, but the story unwound beautifully as Larissa makes a trip to NYC and has an opportunity to see her own experience unfold through a one-woman performance by Natasha. Although their times and circumstances were far different, the women had many of the same struggles.
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"Larissa is a stubborn, brutally honest woman in her eighties, tired of her home in Kiev, Ukraine, tired of everything in life, really, except for her beloved granddaughter, Natasha. Natasha is tired as well, but that's because she has just had a baby, and she's struggling to balance her roles as a new mother, a wife, an actress (or she used to be, anyway), and a host to her husband's greasy-haired, useless best friend, Stas, who has been staying with them in Brooklyn. When Natasha asks Larissa to tell the story of her family's Soviet wartime escape from the Nazis in Kiev, Larissa reluctantly agrees. Perhaps Natasha is just looking for distraction from her own life, but Larissa is desperate to make her happy, even though the story hurts to tell. But as she recounts the three-year period when she fled with her difficult sister, their parents, and grandmother to an abandoned army village in the Ural Mountains, and the series of unfortunate events that occurred there, such as near starvation, a cholera outbreak, a tragic suicide, and a complex love triangle with two brothers from a privileged family--neither Larissa nor Natasha can anticipate how loudly these lessons of the past will echo in their present moments. Navigating between Larissa and Natasha's perspectives, then and now, Something Unbelievable explores with piercing wit and tender feeling just how much our circumstances shape our lives and what we pass along to the younger generations, willingly or not"--
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Natasha, the granddaughter, lives in New York City, with her newborn and the father whose friend is also living with them. Natasha is a struggling actor and is struggling with life as a new mother. She and Larissa Skype on a regular basis. There is a special bond between the two women.
The book is told is alternating chapters of Larissa's story of the war and Natasha's life in NYC. I especially loved the bonds of their relationship and that Larissa seemed to completely understand the granddaughter. Larissa's marriage is also a vital part of the book.
A bit slow at first as I was much more interested in the historical sections, but the story unwound beautifully as Larissa makes a trip to NYC and has an opportunity to see her own experience unfold through a one-woman performance by Natasha. Although their times and circumstances were far different, the women had many of the same struggles.
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