Russian tattoo : a memoir / Elena Gorokhova

Author: Gorokhova, Elena
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description: 317 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Gorokhova, Elena

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"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"--

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9781451689822 (hbk.)
1451689829 (hbk.)
9781451689839 (pbk.)
1451689837 (pbk.)

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Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2014

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