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Abusive parents Fiction Child abuse Fiction Enfants Violence envers Romans, nouvelles, etc Familles Romans, nouvelles, etc Femmes Russie 19e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc Saint Petersburg (Russia) Fiction Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Fiction Travailleurs Romans, nouvelles, etc Upper class women Russia Fiction Young women FictionFitch, Janet
Summary: Marina Makarova is a woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life. Swept up on the tides of the Russian Revolution, Marina joins the marches for workers' rights, falls in love with a radical young poet, and betrays everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn. As her country goes through tremendous upheaval, Marina's own coming-of-age unfolds,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FITFitch, Janet
Summary: Pregnant and adrift in the countryside amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War, Marina returns to a decimated Petrograd, where her work caring for war orphans inspires her emergence as a poet. -
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITFitch, Janet
Summary: Marina Makarova is a woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life. Swept up on the tides of the Russian Revolution, Marina joins the marches for workers' rights, falls in love with a radical young poet, and betrays everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn. As her country goes through tremendous upheaval, Marina's own coming-of-age unfolds,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITPanaeva, A. I︠A︡. (Avdotʹi︠a︡ I︠A︡kovlevna)
Summary: "The Talnikov Family (1848) follows Natasha, a girl growing up in a psychologically and physically abusive household of Petersburg actors. Modeled on Panaeva's own life prior to her marriage to radical Ivan Panaev at 18, the piece was published in the important thick journal The Contemporary but was swiftly suppressed. Censors called it "cynical," "immoral," and "undermining of parental power."...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024