The Resource Russian tattoo : a memoir, Elena Gorokhova
Russian tattoo : a memoir, Elena Gorokhova
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Resource Information
The item Russian tattoo : a memoir, Elena Gorokhova represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Newburyport Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "In A Mountain of Crumbs, Elena Gorokhova describes coming of age behind the Iron Curtain and leaving her mother and her motherland for a new life in the United States. Now, in Russian Tattoo, Elena learns that the journey of an immigrant is filled with everyday mistakes, small humiliations, and a loss of dignity. Cultural disorientation comes in the form of not knowing how to eat a hamburger, buy a pair of shoes, or catch a bus. But through perseverance and resilience, Elena gradually adapts to her new country"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451689822
- Label
- Russian tattoo : a memoir
- Title
- Russian tattoo
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Elena Gorokhova
- Subject
-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Biography
- Families
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Gorokhova, Elena -- Family
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Intergenerational relations
- Intergenerational relations -- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Mothers and daughters -- United States
- Russian Americans
- Russian Americans -- Biography
- Russians
- Russians -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Women
- Women -- United States -- Biography
- Mothers and daughters
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In A Mountain of Crumbs, Elena Gorokhova describes coming of age behind the Iron Curtain and leaving her mother and her motherland for a new life in the United States. Now, in Russian Tattoo, Elena learns that the journey of an immigrant is filled with everyday mistakes, small humiliations, and a loss of dignity. Cultural disorientation comes in the form of not knowing how to eat a hamburger, buy a pair of shoes, or catch a bus. But through perseverance and resilience, Elena gradually adapts to her new country"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Dewey number
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- 305.8917/1073092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E184.R9
- LC item number
- G67 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gorokhova, Elena
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Russian Americans
- Russians
- Immigrants
- Women
- Mothers and daughters
- Intergenerational relations
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Families
- Immigrants
- Intergenerational relations
- Mothers and daughters
- Russian Americans
- Russians
- Women
- United States
- Label
- Russian tattoo : a memoir, Elena Gorokhova
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1580380
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451689822
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014014583
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1580380
- (OCoLC)873006383
- Label
- Russian tattoo : a memoir, Elena Gorokhova
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1580380
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451689822
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014014583
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1580380
- (OCoLC)873006383
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Biography
- Families
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Gorokhova, Elena
- Gorokhova, Elena -- Family
- Immigrants
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Intergenerational relations
- Intergenerational relations -- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Mothers and daughters -- United States
- Russian Americans
- Russian Americans -- Biography
- Russians
- Russians -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Women
- Women -- United States -- Biography
- Mothers and daughters
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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