Zeitgeist of the Mongrel Child

By Anastassja Dunning

A memoir of a mixed-race girl's childhood in the aftermath of the Soviet Union breakdown in a Lithuanian village. A candid account of the family struggle to keep its head above water, while trying to maintain its dignity and aspire to a brighter, capitalist future. Not a childish, bittersweet story told by a child.
Nastassja is a youngest child of a Russian mother - Mama, and a Kazakh father - Papka. She begins to observe the world around her through the relationships of her parents, her siblings, her neighbours, and friends in their small community. Her childish psyche is shaped by Mama's response to domestic abuse, Papka's failure to provide, a blessing and a curse of having Asiatic eyes in Eastern European village.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D9DD3K68
• ISBN13: 9798332485039
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"