![]() ![]() ![]() This was all in the beginning of the Cold War. Through the history of one family moving back and forth between continents over three generations,The Patriotsis a poignant tale of the power of love, the rewards and risks of friendship, and the secrets parents and children keep from one another. ![]() Those people were abandoned by their natural country and often executed as spies. Once they realized their plight, they tried to come home, but the US would have none of it. Instead they found repression, lies and later imprisonment. So, what did I learn? I had no idea that idealist Americans went to Russia as some sort of “salvation.” They went to a Communistic country looking for a way of life that was purer than what they had in the United States. And, the author portrays current-day Russia as quite corrupt. There is a lot of narrative and internal dialogue. Krasikov began writing the book with two inspirations: the story of a friend, who, like Julian, was born to an American mother who moved to Russia in her 20s and stayed for decades, and a desire. Was she a traitor or someone caught in a very bad place? Would I have done what she did (very bad things) just to survive? I can’t answer these questions, but I can say, I found her refusal to leave Russia even after her release from prison, unbelievable. I continued to read just to see if Florence would ever win my approval. ![]()
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