Soviet Daughter

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Soviet Daughter provides a window into the life of a rebellious, independent woman coming of age in the USSR, and the impact of her story and her spirit on her American great granddaughter, two extraordinary women swept up in the history of their tumultuous times.This is the story of Julia Alekseyeva and her great grandmother Lola Born in 1910 to a poor, Jewish family outside of Kiev, Lola lived through the Bolshevik revolution, a horrifying civil war, Stalinist purges, and the Holocaust She taught herself to read, and supported her extended family working as a secretary for the notorious NKVD which became the KGB and later as a lieutenant for the Red Army Interwoven with Lola s history we find Julia s own struggles of coming of age in an immigrant family in Chicago, and her political awakening in the midst of the radical politics of the turn of the millenium.At times heartbreaking and at times funny, this graphic novel memoir unites two generations of strong, independent women against a sweeping backdrop of the history of the USSR. Free Read [ Soviet Daughter ] author [ Julia Alekseyeva ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This was a fascinating graphic memoir about the Jewish experience in Ukraine and Russia post Revolution and then during WWII Told from the perspective of the author modern day and her life as it intertwined with that of her great grandmother I ll definitely k...This is a graphic memoir and biography that is also was many memoirs are, a history of the time What time Julia Alekseyeva s great grandmother Lola lived to 100 years, and died fairly recently, so the time span is an inviting 100 years Both Lola and Julia are spirited and independent, though you really don t get very much compelling information about Julia, which we read in interludes from Lola s decade by decade story I like the idea of the back and forth storytelling, but the story of Juli This is a graphic memoir and biography that is als...5 stars A horrendously gripping graphic novel A nonfiction historical memoir of Khinya Ignatovskaya Lola , written by her great grand daughter Julia AlekseyevaLola had written a memoir and instructed us not to read it before she died What lay inside was astonishing This is the story held within her memoirs, growing up over the course of the 20th century In between each chapter of Lola s life, you will find a short slice of my own 21st century coming of age It s a story of our two gene 5 stars A horrendously gripping graphic novel A nonfiction historical memoir of Khinya Ignatovskaya Lola , written by her great grand daughter Julia AlekseyevaLola had written a memoir and instructed us not to read it before she died What lay inside was astonishing This is t...Soviet Daughter is a compelling biography of a young Jewish woman who grew up in Russian during the early part of the century It s always fascinating to see examples of women living independently in the past when that is not a narrative that gets much attention in our history lessons Lola was the eldest daughter of a large family, and one of the few to survive the war and pogroms of the era She marriedthan once, had boyfriends, raised a daughter on her own, and worked all throughout her Soviet Daughter is a compelling biography of a young Jewish woman who grew up in Russian during the early part of the century It s always fascinating to see examples of women living independently in the past when that is not a narrative that gets much attention in our history lessons Lola was the eldest daughter of a large family, and one of the few to survive the war and pogroms of the era She marriedthan once, had boyfriends, raised a daughter on her own...I was floored when I read my ARC of Soviet Daugther Each page is bursting with authenticity It starts with the subject matter, taken from the author s great grandmother who actually lived in the USSR from its early golden years and endured the struggles of WWII And follows through with the hand drawn images adorned with beautifully expressive inkwashes.The novel also tells a unique story that links together two generations, one from the 20s and the other from the 00 s The author shows how th I was floored when I read my ARC of Soviet Daugther Each page is bursting with authenticity It starts with the subject matter, taken from the author s great grandmother who actually lived in the USSR from its early golden years and endured the struggles of WWII And follows through with the hand drawn images adorned with beautifully expressive inkwashes.The novel also tells a unique story that...A compelling and harrowing story of the life of the author s great grandmother The art style didn t quite work for me It is dark and blurry, and I found it a bit of a strain to visually follow the narrative.3.5 ish stars Maybe closer to 4 I m not really sure how to review this book On the one hand, Lola s life all 100 years of it is fascinating and inspiring And the genesis of the book Lola s memoirs and family photos, compiled and drawn by Lola s great granddaughter Julia also lends this book a high level of interest for me I thought the graphic format, almost like a scrapbook, worked very well to convey the feeling of Lola s memoirs as family history first, and then as a very per 3.5 ish stars Maybe closer to 4 I m not really sure how to review this book On the one hand, Lola s life all 100 years of it is fascinating and inspiring And the genesis of the book Lola s memoirs and family photos, compiled and drawn by Lola s great granddaughter Julia also lends this book a high level of interest for me I thought the graphic format, almost like a scrapbook, worked very well to convey the feeling of Lola s memoirs as family history first, and then as a very personal and immediate history of much of the 20th century, at least through Soviet eyes In addition, this is a different kind of book for Americans to read, as Lola remained a committed communist her entire life and only emigrated to the US in her elder years because of concerns about Chernobyl s radioactivity after Julia was born All of this was s...I feel bad giving this such a low rating I thought the grandmother s story was interesting and at times moving, and I appreciate how much the author loved her and wanted to honor her The problem is that the art was really not for me, to the point that it distracted me from the things that I liked.A surprisingly positive view of the author s great grandmother s life in Soviet Russia As a secretary for the NKVD, she seems to have avoided or been oblivious to the various purges, massacres, and gulags that we often find synonymous with the rule of Stalin Most of her family was killed, but by Germans during the two world wars, or by non Russians for being Jewish The family eventually immigrated after Chernobyl The author s constant interludes about growing up in America break up the flow A surprisingly positive view of the author s great grandmother s life in Soviet Russia As a secretary for the NKVD, she seems to have avoided or been oblivious to the various purges, massacres, and gulags that we often find synonymous with the rule of Stalin Most of her family was killed, but by Germans during the two world wars, or by non Russians for being Jewish The family eventually immigrated after Chernobyl The author s constant interludes about growing up in America break up t...

Soviet Daughter
  • 17 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 192 pages
  • 1621069699
  • Julia Alekseyeva
  • Soviet Daughter