Journey to Moscow: The Adventures of Olivia Ozanne - Softcover

Robertson, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495243842 ISBN 13: 9781495243844

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The Adventures of Olivia Ozanne First Reader Review - Olivia Ozanne is the writer abroad, the stranger alone, a woman who can see the surface of things and beyond. Well rid of her ex Kendrick and his leather sofa fetish, she comes to stay with her daughter Caitlin. This is post-glasnost Moscow with its fallen statues, burgeoning mafia, newly restored churches, its phones tapped but no longer listened in to, a city that demands hard currency. Through Olivia’s eyes we see into the heart of this city and its people. We peer inside their tiny flats into their constricted interior lives, where we meet the mysterious Aunties whose surprising histories, stretching back to the revolution, are slowly uncovered by Olivia. This is a richly painted canvas of an iconic city, in many ways relevant to our understanding of the Russia of today. It is a story about a woman in search of a new self and it’s hard not to fall in love with Olivia with her enormous appetite for life or for that matter her lover Volodya whom she meets at the flower stall.

About this title

About the Author:

A story teller from childhood and after writing and publishing while relishing and surviving academic life Wendy Robertson became a full-time writer. She has published twenty-four novels (both historical and contemporary), two short story collections and she continues to write occasional articles on issues close to her heart. And she loves writing her blog A Life Twice Tasted. She lives in historic South Durham, in a Victorian house that has played a role in more than one of her novels. She was for five years on and off Writer in Residence at HMP Low Newton – a life-changing experience where she encouraged a wide range of women to raise their self-esteem and realise their potential through original writing. She says: 'The past-in-the-present dominates my mind, my imagination and my writing. I always 'see' individuals, unique characters in their times whether in history or the contemporary world. And I tell their stories. My novels are mostly set in some crosspiece of time and place. The unique, sometimes quirky lives of my characters reflect the wide range of people I’ve come to know very well in my life. She goes on, ‘I have been a compulsive writer since I was eight and have lived through interesting times. Anais Nin once said that writers taste life twice, once when they experience it and secondly when they write it. This so very much reflected my own writing experience that I actually named my blog Life Twice Tasted...’ www.lifetwicetasted.blogspot.co.uk www.lifetwicetasted.blogspot.co.uk

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1495243842
• ISBN 13: 9781495243844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 374