| Description |
307 pages ; 22 cm |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Note |
Subtitle from cover. |
| Summary |
"The Nasmertovs left Odessa for Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with a huge sense of finality, only to find that the divide between the old world and the new is not nearly as clear-cut as they thought. The collapse of the Soviet Union makes returning just a matter of a plane ticket, and the Russian-owned shops in their adopted neighborhood stock even the most obscure comforts of home. Pursuing the American Dream once meant giving up everything, but does the dream still work if the past refuses to grow distant and mythical, remaining alarmingly within reach? If the Nasmertov parents can afford only to look forward, learning the rules of aspiration, the family's youngest, Frida, can't help looking back--and asking far too many questions of her poor parents"--Dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Russian Americans -- Fiction
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Immigrant families -- United States -- Fiction.
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American Dream -- Fiction.
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Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
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Brighton Beach (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction
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| ISBN |
9781594632143 (hardback) |
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1594632146 (hardback) |
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