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1.10 A Christmas Miracle, Back East
Vladimir comes home
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1.9 Ma Gets Her Own Place
Emma picked us up from Rose’s one Saturday morning in an oddly sunny mood. She asked us questions about our week as she got on the expressway, soon…
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1.8 Ma Goes to the Hospital
“So,” Dad asked when we got into the car, “What did Maria do this time?” It was Saturday morning, and Dad was picking us up from our babysitter Rose’s…
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1.7 Welcome Home, from Ma
I blearily followed my mom around the side of the trailer, holding Luka’s hand as he blearily followed me. We’d been driving forever, it seemed, and had…
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1.6 We go back east, where all the secrets are (part 2)
I was flooded with relief. At finally knowing the truth, and at knowing that Vova hadn’t pulled the trigger. Relief too, and especially, that Sasha…
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1.5 We go back east, where the secrets are (part 1)
Hot fun in the summertime
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1.4 The mailman delivers my uncle to me
It was an ordinary Saturday. Luka and I sat on the living room floor, watching cartoons. Ma sat behind us, on her little couch, neither watching nor not…
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You Are Ruining Me
You Are Ruining Me is a serialized memoir about Vladimir of Titicut Follies, who was my uncle.
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