Russian Tattoo (33 page)

Also by Elena Gorokhova

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Interior design by Aline C. Pace

Jacket design by Catherine Casalino

Jacket art from
Russian Textiles: Printed Cloth for the Bazaars of Central Asia,
by Susan Meller. Abrams, New York, 2007. Photograph by Don Tuttle.

Author photo © Lauren Perlstein

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gorokhova, Elena.

Russian tattoo : a memoir / Elena Gorokhova.

pages cm

1. Gorokhova, Elena. 2. Gorokhova, Elena—Family. 3. Russian Americans—Biography. 4. Russians—United States—Biography. 5. Immigrants—United States—Biography. 6. Women—United States—Biography. 7. Mothers and daughters—United States. 8. Intergenerational relations—United States.

I. Gorokhova, Elena. Mountain of crumbs. II. Title.

E184.R9G67 2015

305.8917'1073092—dc23

[B]

2014014583

ISBN 978-1-4516-8982-2

ISBN 978-1-4516-8984-6 (ebook)