title: My Russian: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
author:  Deirdre McNamer 
description: "Deirdre McNamer writes with a slow-burning brilliance."<br />--BARBARA KINGSOLVER<br /><br />"McNamer writes with extraordinary emotional acuity and with a keen sense of the small detail that says it all. . . . Quietly devastating."<br />--Chicago Tribune<br /><br />"A careful writer, a master of the small, telling observation."<br />--The New York Times Book Review
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  # TANGLED HEARTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Jennifer Hartley
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This iѕ a wоrk оf fiction. Names, character, places аnd inсidеntѕ аrе еithеr
  thе рrоduсt оf thе аuthоr’ѕ imаginаtiоn or are used fiсtitiоuѕlу, and аnу
  rеѕеmblаnсе to actual реrѕоnѕ, living оr dеаd, business establishments, еvеntѕ
  оr locales iѕ entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **_@ Copyright 2019 by (Jennifer Hartley)_**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All right reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any
  manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of
  quotation in a book review.
  
  
  **First edition 2019**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Created with Vellum](../Images/svgimg0004.svg) Created with
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Other Books By Jennifer Hartley](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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