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The Girl from the Metropol Hotel
The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia | Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
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The prizewinning memoir of one of the world�s great writers, about coming of age and finding her voice amid the hardships of Stalinist Russia Born across the street from the Kremlin in the opulent Metropol Hotel�the setting of the New (…more)
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Kristin_Reads
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🎧 7-19-22 || A quick listen… coming of age memoir of this writer who was born in the Metropol Hotel to a family of Bolshevik intellectuals who were reduced to a life of poverty during the Russian Revolution.
National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography

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CarolynM
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Having just read A Gentleman in Moscow, this title caught my eye. I think this might be a more realistic portrayal of life in mid C20th USSR. It's an interesting read, but I didn't love her rather off-hand writing style.

TheBookHippie I have this on my wishlist !!! Is it worth it? 5y
CarolynM @TheBookHippie I'll send it to you and you can decide🙂 (edited) 5y
TheBookHippie @CarolynM awe. That‘d be awesome I can send it back too 🤪 when I‘m done. I still want to see the hotel!!! But Russia ... sigh. 5y
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CarolynM @TheBookHippie You don't need to send it back. And you might be disappointed - the hotel barely rates a mention and the Russia she is describing is not an attractive place. 5y
TheBookHippie @CarolynM As a marked Activist it‘s not safe for me to even try to travel there- but I would love to see it all... 5y
Cathythoughts Gorgeous pic 5y
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ShannonOffDuty
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This book was way too short. Petrushevskaya is an excellent writer though. Very insightful and pretty funny despite such a depressing subject.

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akfreeborn
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I enjoyed these short snapshots from an unbelievable childhood. I am hooked on this period of Russian (Soviet) History.

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AWahle
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This felt so very disjointed. The "chapters" felt like stories she wanted to tell about her life, but they didn't seem connected to each other at all - and I usually like that style. Perhaps talking about herself in the first person in some chapters and using third person in others contributed to the feeling that they had little to do with another. I'm curious about her fairy tales and may hunt them down, but I'm not in a hurry to do so.

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Went to the doctor for vertigo and horrible cough. She said it was a virus and sent me home to read, um... Sleep. But how can I sleep when I have all these giveaway books I owe reviews on?

Bookzombie I hope you feel better soon. 8y
DebinHawaii No fun. 😬🤒 Hope you get to feeling better soon! 💜 8y
Mimi28 Hope you feel better! ❤ 8y
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Bklover Vertigo is awful!! Hope you feel better soon. (edited) 8y
DrexEdit Hope you feel better soon! Or just well enough to feel like reading! 8y
AWahle @DebinHawaii @Bookzombie @Mimi28 @Bklover @DrexEdit Thank you for your well wishes. I really did try to sleep for a few hours... 8y
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