Lead Review

  • Book: A Mountain of Crumbs: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
  • Location: Russia
  • Author: Elena Gorokhova

Location

Content

Gorokhova’s beautiful understated portrait of her childhood … her evocation of her formidable mother – who asks Stalin personally for funds for a maternity ward, and gets them – is among the memorable gems of her deceptively masterful tale.’ –Sunday Times

Back to book

Sign up to receive our e-newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.