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Review: This is the love story of Tatiana, young Russian girl, and Alexander, son of Americans who came to the Soviet Union in the 1930's. The story is split between Tatiana, who manages to escape to the US while pregnant, and Alexander, from the time he came to the Soviet Union throughout WWII. Simons is a talented author and great storyteller, who is comfortable touching on touchy subjects such as soviet politics, the treatment of prisoners, etc., which gives a lot of credibility to the story. The Soviet Union and WWII are more than a background to this story and I learnt a lot through the experiences of Alexander and how he managed before and during the war as an American at heart. To me this wasn't the best book by Paullina Simons (the best being The Girl in Times Square), but I enjoyed it a lot and it will touch a lot of readers.
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