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The Nesting dolls, a novel, Alina Adams

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The Nesting dolls, a novel, Alina Adams

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eng

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fiction

Main title

The Nesting dolls

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Alina Adams

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Odessa, 1931. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon, Daria, born Dvora Kaganovitch, has fulfilled her mother's dreams. But a woman's plans are no match for the crushing power of Stalin's repressive Soviet state. To survive, Daria is forced to rely on the kindness of a man who takes pride in his own coarseness. Odessa, 1970. Brilliant young Natasha Crystal is determined to study mathematics. But the Soviets do not allow Jewish students, even those as brilliant as Natasha, to attend an institute as prestigious as Odessa University. With her hopes for the future dashed, Natasha must find a new purpose, one that leads her into the path of a dangerous young man. Brighton Beach, 2019. Zoe Venakovsky, known to her family as Zoya, has worked hard to leave the suffocating streets and small minds of Brighton Beach behind her, only to find that what she's tried to outrun might just hold her true happiness

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