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I Want to Live
The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin's Russia
By Lugovskaya, Nina & Lugovskaiï¸ a︡, Nina & Bromfield, Andrew
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61860-575-0
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. Houghton Mifflin c2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2007
Gr 8-Up These excerpts from the author's diary cover the years 1932 through January 1937, when Lugovskaya turned 18. Her writings were found in a newly opened NKVD file documenting her family's arrest and exile. Sentences in bold print are those underlined by an agent of Stalin's secret police because they express anti-Bolshevik sentiments or social alienation, including her desire to commit suicide. Her depression seems related to the fact that she was two years older than her classmate...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Lugovskaya's diaries include typical teenage musings plus observations about politics and society. The books, recently found in the KGB archive, were confiscated...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
