A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir by Lev Golinkin

A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir

Lev Golinkin

307 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir reflective slow-paced
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A compelling story of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim a shattered past. In the twilight of the Cold War (the late 1980s), nine-year old Lev Golinkin and his family cross the ...

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Moods

reflective 75%
emotional 62%
inspiring 56%
hopeful 50%
adventurous 37%
funny 37%
informative 37%
challenging 18%
dark 12%
sad 6%

Pace

medium 68%
fast 18%
slow 12%

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