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    The Little Russian: A Novel

    By Susan Sherman

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    “A masterful study of one woman’s fight to stay afloat and alive in an era in which governance was consolidated with oppression and barbarism.” —Malcolm Forbes, Rain Taxi
     
    A grocer’s daughter in the Jewish townlet of Mosny, Berta Alshonsky revels in childhood memories of her time spent with a wealthy family in Moscow. So when a mysterious and cultured wheat merchant walks into the grocery, Berta’s life is forever altered. She falls in love, unaware that he is a member of the Bund, The Jewish Workers League, smuggling arms to the shtetls to defend them against the pogroms sweeping the Little Russian countryside.
     
    Just as Berta has recaptured the life she once had in Moscow, a smuggling operation goes awry and her husband must flee the country. She makes the vain and foolish choice to stay behind with her children and her finery. And as Russia plunges into war, Berta must find a way for her and her children to survive. Filled with heart-stopping action, richly drawn characters, and a world seeped in war and violence; The Little Russian is poised to capture readers at every turn.
     
    “Sherman offers much more than an eloquently gripping narrative set against an explosive backdrop. She is inviting us to consider the too-often unsung heroines of history, the women whose ferocious willpower and dazzling ingenuity can be more potent than gunpowder when it comes to changing the world.” —The Los Angeles Review of Books
     
    “Berta is a fascinating mix of petty vanity, devoted parenting, and breathtaking courage, fleshed out with cinematic detail that’s both irresistible and spectacularly illuminating. All fiction readers will enjoy.” —Library Journal, starred review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJan 1, 2012
    ISBN9781619020290
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