HSPLS site
HSPLS site
 Search 
 My Account 
 Databases 
 HI Newspaper 
 eBooks/Audiobooks 
 Learning 
 PC Reservation 
 Reading Program 
   
BasicAdvancedPowerHistory
Search:    Refine Search  
> You're searching: HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
 
Item Information
 HoldingsHoldings
  Summary
  More Content
 
 
 More by this author
 
  •  
  • Gorokhova, Elena, author.
     
     Subjects
     
  •  
  • Gorokhova, Elena.
     
  •  
  • Gorokhova, Elena -- Family.
     
  •  
  • Russian Americans -- Biography.
     
  •  
  • Russians -- United States -- Biography.
     
  •  
  • Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
     
  •  
  • Women -- United States -- Biography.
     
  •  
  • Mothers and daughters -- United States.
     
  •  
  • Intergenerational relations -- United States.
     
     Browse Catalog
      by author:
     
  •  
  •  Gorokhova, Elena, author.
     
      by title:
     
  •  
  •  Russian tattoo : a m...
     
     
     
     MARC Display
    Russian tattoo : a memoir / Elena Gorokhova.
    by Gorokhova, Elena, author.
    View full image
    New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
    Subjects
  • Gorokhova, Elena.
  •  
  • Gorokhova, Elena -- Family.
  •  
  • Russian Americans -- Biography.
  •  
  • Russians -- United States -- Biography.
  •  
  • Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
  •  
  • Women -- United States -- Biography.
  •  
  • Mothers and daughters -- United States.
  •  
  • Intergenerational relations -- United States.
  • ISBN: 
    9781451689822 (hbk.) :
    1451689829 (hbk.)
    Description: 
    317 pages ; 24 cm
    Edition: 
    First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
    Requests: 
    0
    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"--
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    LocationCollectionCall No.Status 
    Hawaii State LibrarySocial Science & Philosophy305.89171 Gorokhova GoChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Kealakekua Public LibraryAdult BiographyB Gorokhova GoChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
     Powered by Dynix
    © 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.
    Horizon Information Portal