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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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303000 |
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digital rda |
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CD audio |
| Summary |
From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black comes this sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young woman.St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides, Marina will join the marches for workers' rights, fall in love with a radical young poet, and betray everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn.As her country goes through almost unimaginable upheaval, Marina's own coming-of-age unfolds, marked by deep passion and devastating loss and the private heroism of an ordinary woman living through extraordinary times. This is the epic, mesmerizing story of one indomitable woman's journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
| Performer |
Read by Yelena Shmulenson. |
| Summary |
Marina Makarova, a young woman of privilege coming of age in 1916 St. Petersburg, finds her life and ambitions upended by historical events that find her joining the cause for workers' rights, falling in love with a radical poet, and navigating devastating betrayals. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921) |
| Chronological Term |
1917-1921 |
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Young women -- Fiction.
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Young women. |
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Upper class women -- Russia -- Fiction.
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Upper class women. |
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Fiction.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Fiction.
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Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg. |
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Russia. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Bildungsromans.
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Historical fiction.
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Audiobooks.
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Audiobooks.
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Historical fiction.
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Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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History.
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Downloadable audio books. |
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Shmulenson, Yelena, narrator.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Fitch, Janet, 1955- Revolution of Marina M. New York, NY : Hachette Audio, [2017] 9781478923367 (NjBwBT)bl2017043317 (OCoLC)975486157 |
| ISBN |
9781478998778 : $71.99 |
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1478998776 : $71.99 |
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