{"product_id":"zoyas-gift-gail-mccormick-9781647426828","title":"Zoya's Gift: Building a Bridge to a Global Family a Memoir","description":"Still recovering from the heartbreak of infertility, memoirist Gail McCormick and her husband volunteer to host two Children of Chernobyl for a summer reprieve from radiation exposure. Fate pairs the Seattle couple with eight-year-old Ukrainian twin sisters from Belarus--and rekindles Gail's childhood dream to build a bridge of peace between the US and the former Soviet Union. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver four summers of mayhem and magic with the twins, a deep relationship takes root. When the girls age out of the program that brought them to Seattle, Gail confronts her Cold War fears and travels with her husband to reunite with them in Ukraine and Belarus. On this soul-making trip to a land of unspeakable loss, she celebrates life in the homes of an accordion-playing Chernobyl hero and a barefooted babushka who distills her own vodka, and--behind the remnants of the Iron Curtain--finds her place as an honorary mother and babushka in a four-generation family of former Soviets. Poignant and culturally rich, her narrative transports readers to storied cities, villages, and dachas from Kyiv to Minsk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with reverence, insight, humor, and hope, \u003ci\u003eZoya's Gift\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the complexities, joys, and importance of reaching across political, class, and cultural divides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail McCormick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647426820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647426828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024","brand":"Gail McCormick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898508763391,"sku":"9781647426828","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aa6a66b-d652-44e5-9fa1-dc30e10a2458.jpg?v=1721376473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zoyas-gift-gail-mccormick-9781647426828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}