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001			on1258219028
003			OCoLC
005			20220309151102.0
008			210730s2022 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2021037673
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dY$5 _dS#L _dUTW _dUAP _dNFG
020			_a9780593356012 _q(hardback ; _qacid-free paper)
020			_a0593356012 _q(hardback ; _qacid-free paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)1258219028
042			_apcc
092			_aGORCHEVA _bKRISTINA
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aGorcheva-Newberry, Kristina.
245	1	4	_aThe orchard : _ba novel / _cKristina Gorcheva-Newberry.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2203
264		1	_aNew York : _bBallantine Books, _c[2022]
300			_a371 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union-but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Coming of age in the USSR in the 1980s, best friends Anya and Milka try to envision a free and joyful future for themselves. They spend their summers at Anya's dacha just outside of Moscow, lazing in the apple orchard, listening to Queen songs, and fantasizing about trips abroad and the lives of American teenagers. Meanwhile, Anya's parents talk about World War II, the Blockade, and the hardships they have endured. By the time the girls are fifteen, the Soviet Empire is on the verge of collapse. They pair up with classmates Trifonov and Lopatin, and the four friends share secrets, desires, and all the turbulent and carefree pleasures of youth. But the world is changing, and the fleeting time they have together is cut short by a sudden tragedy. Years later, Anya returns to Russia from America, where she has chosen a different kind of life, far from her family and the bittersweet memories of her friends. When she meets Lopatin again, he is a smug businessman who wants to buy her parents' dacha. Anya comes to the stark realization that memory does not fade or disappear; rather, it moves us across time, connecting our past to our future, joys to sorrows. This powerful novel speaks to how we experience and process grief-for a beloved friend, a cherished ideal for a country, or for youth itself"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFriendship _vFiction.
650		0	_aTeenagers _vFiction. _966071
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xHistory _y1953-1985 _vFiction. _9232753
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xHistory _y1985-1991 _vFiction.
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c344286 _d344286