We are currently studying Russian History in the Shiflet Home School through the biography of Eugenie Fraser, The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood. This book begins in Russia in the 1880's and follows the generations of a family who lived through the revolution; including the author herself. She died only five years ago at the age of 96 but left behind a precious legacy in her book on the region of Archangel and it's history during Imperial Russia and through the revolution of 1917.
This is a very descriptive and well written book that engulfs you into another time and place. I must say I have been so drawn in to this story especially knowing it is the birthplace of two of my children. Archangels, a place that has endured many harsh winters as well as the desolation of the Soviet regime, can be described as place that possesses generations of survivors. This book is a time capsule to a place that only exists the minds of those who were there and lived to tell about it. Eugenie Fraser is just such a person and penned this detailed account when she was 80yrs. old. I am grateful as it is a link to my Russian children's birthland, written beautifully to capture this amazing old city.
Emily and J.Michael love this book beg for just one more chapter. The sound a mother loves to hear from her children who are enraptured in a good book. For those adopting from Russia or just interested in Russian history I highly recommend this book. You will find it hard to put down.
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