A Terrible Country

When Andrei Kaplan's older brother insists that Andrei return to Moscow to care for their ailing grandmother, Andrei must take stock of his life in New York. She welcomes Andrei into her home, even if she can't always remember who he is. A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history and fate, asks what you owe the place you were born, and what it owes you.