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'Passionate, hilarious, joyful' * The Sunday Telegraph on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Delightful' * The Times on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Enchanting' * The Observer on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Ms. Groskop is a skilled raconteuse who brings people--and the page--to life' * The Wall Street Journal on Au Revoir, Tristesse *

'Levi's, black bread, dumplings and the glorious naivety of youth. A travel memoir that captivates and delights. Fabulous' -- Nina Stibbe 'Tender, delicate, romantic and utterly redolent of a singular time and place' -- Charlotte Higgins * author of Under Another Sky * 'Funny, painfully honest and filled with intriguing nuggets, I loved this tender and unique book' -- Caroline Eden * author of Black Sea * 'Gorgeous, tender, funny, sharp' -- Samantha Ellis * author of How to Be a Heroine * 'One Ukrainian Summer evokes the excitement and confusion, the enchantment and disenchantment of a youthful encounter with another culture, another world. It is a beautifully told story of a young woman's coming of age and a personal glimpse at a pivotal moment in modern history, the aftershocks of which reverberate to this day' -- Boris Dralyuk, poet and translator 'Passionate, hilarious, joyful' * The Sunday Telegraph on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Delightful' * The Times on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Enchanting' * The Observer on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Ms. Groskop is a skilled raconteuse who brings people--and the page--to life' * The Wall Street Journal on Au Revoir, Tristesse *

'Levi's, black bread, dumplings and the glorious naivety of youth. A travel memoir that captivates and delights. Fabulous' -- Nina Stibbe 'Passionate, hilarious, joyful' * The Sunday Telegraph on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Delightful' * The Times on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Enchanting' * The Observer on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Ms. Groskop is a skilled raconteuse who brings people--and the page--to life' * The Wall Street Journal on Au Revoir, Tristesse *

'Levi's, black bread, dumplings and the glorious naivety of youth. A travel memoir that captivates and delights. Fabulous' -- Nina Stibbe 'Tender, delicate, romantic and utterly redolent of a singular time and place' -- Charlotte Higgins * author of Under Another Sky * 'Gorgeous, tender, funny, sharp' -- Samantha Ellis * author of How to Be a Heroine * 'Passionate, hilarious, joyful' * The Sunday Telegraph on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Delightful' * The Times on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Enchanting' * The Observer on The Anna Karenina Fix * 'Ms. Groskop is a skilled raconteuse who brings people--and the page--to life' * The Wall Street Journal on Au Revoir, Tristesse *

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Viv Groskop is an award-winning writer, comedian, playwright and broadcaster. She has two Masters degrees in Russian Studies and is a former judge of the International Booker Prize. She has had seven radio plays produced, and is the author of six books including How to Own the Room (also a hit podcast with over two million downloads) and The Anna Karenina Fix, an internationally best-selling guide to Russian literature. A contributing editor at Russian Vogue for ten years during the 2000s, she has spent extended periods of time in Kyiv, Odesa, Yalta, Moscow and St Petersburg. A fluent Russian-speaker-in-rehab, she also speaks some Ukrainian and Surzhyk.

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