We are giving away 5 sets of x 10 copies of Elena Gorokhova’s wonderful memoir, Russian Tattoo. With themes of migrancy, identity and motherhood at its heart, this makes a brilliant and insightful book club choice! Reading guide available for download. Apply now.
About the book:
When Elena Gorokhova arrives in America, her only link back to her Russian past is a suitcase filled with twenty kilograms of what used to be her life.
Navigating a country she had been taught to fear, Elena searches for her place in an unfamiliar world.
Before the birth of Elena’s daughter, her mother comes to visit and stays for twenty-four years. Elena must struggle with the challenge of raising an American daughter whilst living with her controlling mother, a mirror image of her Motherland.
Russian Tattoo is the story of what it means to be an outsider, and what happens when the cultures of our past and present collide. Above all, it is an insightful portrait of mothers and daughters.
