The Last Russian Doll

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL A haunting,epic novel about betrayalrevengeand redemption that follows three generations of Russian womenfrom the 1917 revolution to the last days of the Soviet Unionand the enduring love story at the center. In a faraway kingdomin a long-ago land… …a young girl lived happily in Moscow with her family: a sistera fatherand an eccentric mother who liked to tell fairy tales and collect porcelain dolls. One summer nighteverything changedand all that remained of that family were the girl and her mother. Nowa decade later and studying at Oxford UniversityRosie has an English namea loving fianc├⌐and a promising futurebut all she wants is to understandΓÇöand buryΓÇöthe past. After her mother diesRosie returns to Russiaarmed with little more than her motherΓÇÖs strange folkloreΓÇöand a single key. What she uncovers is a devastating family history that spans the 1917 Revolutionthe siege of LeningradStalinΓÇÖs purgesand beyond. At the heart of this saga stands a young noblewomanTonyaas pretty as a porcelain dollwhose actionsΓÇöand love for an idealistic manΓÇöwill set off a sweeping story that reverberates across the century….