Russian Dance : A True Story of Intrigue and Passion in Stalinist Moscow

by André; e Aelion Brooks

• ISBN13: 9780471648666
• ISBN10: 0471648663
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Love, betrayal, suffering, and redemption She forsakes the glittering salons of New York in the 1920s, abandons her wealthy husband, and bids temporary farewell to her teenage daughter to flee to Moscow with her new love, a charismatic Russian doctor. Arriving in Russia, where living standards are abysmal and Stalin now reigns, she is forced to surrender her American passport and slowly realizes that her lover was actually in America as a Soviet spy. Now he, as a Jew and an old Bolshevik, is a target of Stalin2s notorious purges. Will he survive? Can she escape and reunite with her beloved daughter? Part love story, part spy thriller, and all true, Russian Dance keeps readers in suspense until the very last page. Andree Aelion Brooks, a journalist, author and lecturer, was a contributing columnist and news writer for the New York Times for 18 years. She was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in women2s studies for The Woman Who Defied Kings (200-2).

Author Biography

Andrée Aelion Brooks, author, journalist, and lecturer, was a contributing columnist and newswriter for the New York Times for eighteen years. In 1990, she received the American Jewish Woman of the Year Achievement Award from the American Jewish Committee and, in 2001, a special award from the Consulate General of Israel in conjunction with the American Sephardi Federation for her work on Sephardi Jewish history. She has also received an outstanding achievement award from the National Federation of Press Women. Brooks is an Associate Fellow at Yale University, as well as founder and past president of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale. Her other books include the award-winning Children of Fast-Track Parents and The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Doña Gracia Nasi–a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards for 2003.

Table of Contents

Preface.

PART ONE: Manhattan, 1928–1930.

PART TWO: Marc’s Story: Un Mèdico Benèvolo.

PART THREE: 21 Bolshoi Lubianka.

Epilogue.

Author’s Note.

Bibliographical Note.

Index.