A Toast to My Mother: an "autobiography"

By Alec L. Meleger

Book Overview

A Toast to My Mother is a satirical and loosely autobiographical account of the author's childhood behind the Iron Curtain. The year is 1968, and Oleg Gold begins his life journey inside his Soviet mama's belly, where the feedings are endless, and buoyancy is of the most genteel character. The book takes our protagonist from his initial indoctrination into "Communism 101" to the most treasonous act of all, immigration to the Capitalist West.

Before setting foot in the land of milk and honey, the family has to make it unscathed through the border town of Chop and then survive the daily carbo-loading while in beautiful Italia. At last, the Golds arrive in Brooklyn, where according to the popular song of that day, "your dreams were your ticket out." It's 1981, The Blue Lagoon still rolls in one neighborhood theater and Oleg is 11 years old. "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin "

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615523145
• ISBN13: 9780615523149
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Ninalu Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"