pickLea Ypi‘s memoir of her childhood in Albania while the country undergoes major changes is eye-opening and moving. Her family goes from coveting an empty Coca Cola can as a decorative object, to being able to buy all kinds of soft drinks without even standing in a queue. Excellent audiobook read by Rachel Babbage with the author reading the epilogue.
In my family, everyone had a favourite revolution, just as everyone had a favourite summer fruit.
The mastery of the subtle boundary between following rules and breaking them was, for us children, the true mark of growth, maturity and social integration.
I never asked myself about the meaning of freedom until the day I hugged Stalin.
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pickI knew next to nothing about Albania so this memoir was very enlightening. Born in 1979, Ypi takes us through her childhood in Stalinist Albania to the fall of communism and the immediate aftermath. I especially appreciate the UK cover (shown) because there is a hilarious bit of the book involving a coke can. Definitely recommend.
Frei. Erwachsenwerden am Ende der Geschichte: Ungekürzte Lesung mit Katja Bürkle (1 mp3-CD) | 
