Everything you need to understand or teach A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova.
Elena Gorokhova's novel A Train to Moscow follows the life of a young girl named Sasha who grows up in a small city in Russia with the secret dream of becoming an actress. She achieves that dream, but her discontent with her life and her homeland grows. When she learns her Uncle Kolya lives in New York, Sasha reaches out to her childhood friend Andrei who helps her leave Russia behind forever. Andrei, knowing he has become too immersed in the cruelty that is part of his motherland, kills himself as Sasha flies toward her new life. The novel explores the desire to escape, choices, guilt, and culture.
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