Mannequin girl : a novel /
Litman, Ellen.
Mannequin girl : a novel / Ellen Litman. - First edition. - 352 pages ; 22 cm
Growing up in Soviet Russia, Kat Knopman worships her parents, Jewish intellectuals who teach literature at a Moscow school, run a drama club, and dabble in political radicalism. When Kat is diagnosed with rapidly-progressing scoliosis, the trajectory of her life changes and she finds herself at a different institution-- a school-sanatorium for children with spinal ailments. Confined to a brace, surrounded by unsympathetic peers, Kat embarks on a quest to prove that she can be as exceptional as her parents despite her physical limitations, her Jewishness, and her suspicion that her beloved parents are in fact flawed.
0393069281 (hardcover) 9780393069280 (hardcover)
2013041207
016620731 Uk
Jews, Russian--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--Fiction.
Parent and child--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--Fiction.
Scoliosis in children--Fiction.
Success--Fiction.
Young women--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Mannequin girl : a novel / Ellen Litman. - First edition. - 352 pages ; 22 cm
Growing up in Soviet Russia, Kat Knopman worships her parents, Jewish intellectuals who teach literature at a Moscow school, run a drama club, and dabble in political radicalism. When Kat is diagnosed with rapidly-progressing scoliosis, the trajectory of her life changes and she finds herself at a different institution-- a school-sanatorium for children with spinal ailments. Confined to a brace, surrounded by unsympathetic peers, Kat embarks on a quest to prove that she can be as exceptional as her parents despite her physical limitations, her Jewishness, and her suspicion that her beloved parents are in fact flawed.
0393069281 (hardcover) 9780393069280 (hardcover)
2013041207
016620731 Uk
Jews, Russian--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--Fiction.
Parent and child--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--Fiction.
Scoliosis in children--Fiction.
Success--Fiction.
Young women--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.