First Papers

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Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781453238776

<DIV><DIV><B>Two Russian socialists emigrate to the United States and begin the long process of becoming American in this novel by a #1 <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author.</B><BR /> &#160;</DIV><DIV>Stefan and Alexandra Ivarin emigrated to America at the end of the nineteenth century. Russian Jewish socialists, the Ivarins are now established in a Long Island home designed, somewhat haphazardly, by Stefan. Despite their attempts at assimilation, the Ivarins find themselves still struggling to find a balance between their Russian roots and their American lives, between their past and their future&mdash;and those of their children.</DIV><DIV><BR /> Based in part on Laura Z. Hobson&rsquo;s own childhood, <I>First Papers</I> is a tender portrait of the tension involved in embracing a foreign culture full of opportunity while longing for a lost homeland, and &ldquo;a warm-hearted novel&rdquo; by the author of <I>Gentleman&rsquo;s Agreement</I> (<I>The Sunday Herald Tribune</I>).<BR /> &#160;</DIV></DIV>