Limited Time Sale| Management number | 220500246 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | $90.00 | Model Number | 220500246 | ||
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"A powerful reflection on identity, family, and history." -- Kirkus ReviewIn a quiet midcentury American suburb, a young boy waits eagerly every weekend for a visit from his Russian grandmother and tales of her youthful exploits with fellow revolutionaries fighting the oppressive regime of the Tsar. “On Friday afternoons, my grandmother would not so much arrive as sweep in, trailing in her wake the aura of Europe, Russia, and the places whose exotic-sounding names — Pskov, Riga, Leningrad, Arkhangelsk, the White Sea — transfixed me with an irresistibly seductive power. "My Russian grandmother. Never mind that she arrived in America half a century before I was born. Never mind that she spoke English as well as her native Russian—well, almost, and to tell the truth, never with as much passion. To the family she left behind in Russia she became an American. For me she always remained, simply, my Russian grandmother." To The Midnight Sun is an inspiring story of family, history, and the search for connections across place and time that help make us who we are. Read more
| XRay | Not Enabled |
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| Language | English |
| File size | 2.5 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Longview Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 377 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | September 24, 2024 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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