A Mountain of Crumbs : A Memoir (Paperback)

from Stbalbach

A Mountain of Crumbs was called the "Russian equivalent of Angela's Ashes" by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, while Frank McCourt, author of Ashes, calls it a "rich experience". J.M. Coetzee gave it high praise. These are some powerful endorsements. Is is warranted? I believe so. The writing is...

from lovestampmom

I love the voice of this author, you can tell everything comes directly from her heart. She wrote about her and her family's life, during the communist rule in Russia. I'm not a stranger to this kind of political system, being Chinese myself. Elena Gorokhova was born in the 1950's in Leningrad an...

from mulberrymarsh

This memoir is a fascinating look inside the life of ordinary soviet citizens of the communist era in the 60's and 70's when Elena was growing up in Leningrad (St. Petersberg). It is beautifully written and gives you a sense of the day to day lives of people who are still relieved by the "freedom...

from mulberrymarsh

This memoir is a fascinating look inside the life of ordinary soviet citizens of the communist era in the 60's and 70's when Elena was growing up in Leningrad (St. Petersberg). It is beautifully written and gives you a sense of the day to day lives of people who are still relieved by the "freedom...

from homeschoolmimzi

This book was even better than I'd expected. Elena Gorokhova writes about her life in this book, about how it was growing up in Russia during the 60's and 70's. She starts by telling a little about her grandparents, uncles and other relatives, and then introduces her self as a baby, as a child un...