Tell us, what intrigued you specifically about this time period? Thankfully, they were able to immigrate prior to the Russian Revolution. My father’s side of the family lived in and around Odessa.
Host: I read The Nesting Dolls and can highly recommend it, although Part One resonated with me the most. As a result, I decided to set my next book primarily in the same time period, but in a place few ever heard of: Birobidzhan, the first Jewish independent state of the 20th century, located on the border between Russia and China. Readers told me they had no idea of what was going on in the USSR under Stalin, how repressive, paranoid, and dangerous it was to speak your mind – or even be accused of having done so. (Well, 2019 Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, which means we got in just under the wire and didn’t have to address the pandemic.) So many of the emails I received and the reviews on Goodreads, etc… focused on the first part, 1930s Odessa (a Southern Ukrainian city that people have heard a lot more about now than they had when I first wrote The Nesting Dolls). Guest: Thanks so much for having me, Mirta! My last historical fiction novel, The Nesting Dolls, took place in three time periods, 1930s Odessa, USSR during The Great Terror, 1970s USSR during the Jewish Refusnik movement, and present-day Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Please tell us about your latest project. Host: Alina, I was delighted when you contacted me and am thrilled to have you on the blog today. What an honor to welcome such a talented and inspiring author! Let’s get right to it, shall we? To say that I am in awe of the scope of her work is putting it lightly! Throughout her career, she has worked as a television writer, researcher, website producer, content producer, and creative director.
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