Description
A vivid and funny memoir about growing up Gypsy and becoming American
Fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti is a Gypsy. This means touring with the family band from the Mongolian deserts to the Siberian tundra. It means getting your hair cut in the Lioness. It also means enduring sneering racism from every segment of Soviet society. Her father is determined that his girls lead a better, freer life. In America Also, he wants to play guitar with B. B. King. And cure cancer with his personal magnetism. All of this he confides to the woman at the American embassy, who inexplicably allows the family entry. Soon they are living on the sketchier side of Hollywood.
Author: Oksana Marafioti
Publisher: Fsg Originals
Published: 07/03/2012
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780374104078
ISBN10: 0374104077
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
About the Author
Oksana Marafioti moved from the Soviet Union when she was fifteen years old. Trained as a classical pianist, she has also worked as a cinematographer.
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