Gina from Siberia

Gina from Siberia

Author: Jane Bernstein

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781947895003

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This heartwarming story told from Gina's (a terrier) perspective details her family's journey from Cold War Siberia into the USA.


Gina Gerson

Gina Gerson

Author: Valentina Dzherson

Publisher: Histria Books

Published: 2022-09-27

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1592111599

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Born in a small town in Siberia in Russia in 1991, Valentina Dzherson learned early in life to overcome any obstacles she faced. While a University student, circumstances intervened and led her to begin a career in adult entertainment. She soon left her native Russia and moved to Hungary where she turned this career choice into her own hugely successful business venture. To the world, she became known as Gina Gerson, one of the most popular and successful adult performers of the twenty-first century.In her book, Gina Gerson &– Success through Inner Power and Sexuality, Valentina shares her colorful life story and reveals how her strong personality, self-confidence, passion, and sexuality led to her incredible success. But she goes one step further and she explains how these same methods can inspire others and help them to improve their own lives by achieving success and peace of mind.


Bereft

Bereft

Author: Jane Bernstein

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9780865475861

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Reflecting on the murder of her sister many years earlier, the author embarks on a journey to uncover everything she can about the crime, including the motive, which is strangely absent from her recollections.


The Hidden Letters of Velta B.

The Hidden Letters of Velta B.

Author: Gina Ochsner

Publisher: HMH

Published: 2016-07-26

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 0544253124

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“A beautifully spun tale” set in a tiny town in Latvia—“an astonishing alchemy of history, romance, and fable” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Maris was born knowing things: His very large, very special ears enable him to hear the secrets of the dead, as well as the memories that haunt his Latvian hometown. As a boy, he finds himself heir to an odd assortment of hidden letters, from which he would weave a story that could finally expose—and maybe even patch—the holes in the fabric of his family and their town. With humor, heart, and her characteristic “luminous writing [and] affection for her characters,” Gina Ochsner creates an intimate, hopeful portrait of a fascinating town in all its complications and charm. From the onset of World War II through the cold shock of independence, we see how, despite years of distrust, a community can come through love and loss to the joy of understanding (The New York Times). A finalist for the Oregon Book Awards Ken Kesey Award for Fiction, The Hidden Letters of Velta B. is “a captivating novel of secrets, love, and memory . . . This terrific novel knocked me out” (Janet Fitch, author of Paint It Black). “Intimate, vibrant, and richly colored.” —Portland Monthly “A gift on par with Joanne Harris’s Chocolat . . . Quirky, ethereal, hilarious, and sorrowful.” —Shelf Awareness “[An] extraordinary feat of storytelling . . . A spellbinding novel as tough as it is beautiful.” —Helen Simonson, author of The Summer Before the War


The Face Tells the Secret

The Face Tells the Secret

Author: Jane Bernstein

Publisher: Regal House Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781947548787

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Everything has been hidden from Roxanne G.--her birth name, her sister, her family history--until her "boyfriend" tries to ingratiate himself by flying in her estranged mother from Tel Aviv. That visit is the start of a tumultuous journey, in which she first learns about a profoundly disabled sister who lives in a residential community in the Galilee and later begins to unearth disturbing long-held family secrets. The process of facing this history and acknowledging the ways she's been shaped by it will enable Roxanne to forge the kinds of meaningful connections that had for so long been elusive. In this way, The Face Tells the Secret is the story about a woman who finds love and learns how to open herself to its pleasures. The Face Tells the Secret is also a story that explores disability from many angles and raises questions about our responsibility to care for our kin. How far should Roxanne go to care for the wounded people in her life--her mother, her sister, the man who professes undying love? What should she take on? When is it necessary to turn away from someone's suffering?


Loving Rachel

Loving Rachel

Author: Jane Bernstein

Publisher: Little Brown

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780316092043

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A mother describes the difficult task of coping with a handicapped child as their family moved from grief to acceptance.


A is for America: An American Alphabet

A is for America: An American Alphabet

Author: Devin Scillian

Publisher: Weigl Publishers

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 148965190X

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AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the unique book code found on page 2 of this book to unlock an extra dimension to these beloved tales. Hear the story come to life as you read along in your own book.


The Apartment: A Century of Russian History

The Apartment: A Century of Russian History

Author: Alexandra Litvina

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1683356225

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20th-century Russian history comes to life through six generations of a family in their Moscow apartment The Apartment: A Century of Russian History explains the true history of 20th-century Russia through the fictitious story of a Moscow family and their apartment. The Muromtsev family have been living in the same apartment for more than a century, generation after generation. Readers are taken through different rooms and witness how each generation actually lived alongside the larger social and political changes that Russia experienced. A search-and-find element has readers looking for objects from page to page to see which items were passed down through the generations. Beautifully illustrated with minute details, this book helps readers engage with Russia’s history in an all new way. The book includes a timeline, glossary, bibliography, and index.


Snow in May

Snow in May

Author: Kseniya Melnik

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2014-05-13

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1627790071

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Residents of a thriving port town in Russia's Far East are shaped by regional history and lore throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, from a local woman who considers an Italian footballer's proposition to a former Soviet boss' memories about a thorny friendship.


Cilka's Journey

Cilka's Journey

Author: Heather Morris

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1250265797

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From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a new novel based on a riveting true story of love and resilience. Her beauty saved her — and condemned her. Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival. When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to a Siberian prison camp. But did she really have a choice? And where do the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was send to Auschwitz when she was still a child? In Siberia, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she meets a kind female doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions. Confronting death and terror daily, Cilka discovers a strength she never knew she had. And when she begins to tentatively form bonds and relationships in this harsh, new reality, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love. From child to woman, from woman to healer, Cilka's journey illuminates the resilience of the human spirit—and the will we have to survive.