Vesna Goldsworthy

In this captivating memoir Vesna Goldsworthy tells the story of herself, her family and her early life in her lost country. There follows marriage, a move to England and a successful media and academic career, then a cancer diagnosis and its unresolved consequences.

The London winter of 1947 - as cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. The Karenins keep their vodka under the snow in their suburban garden, in bottles entombed like their Russian past. But when a young Frenchwoman arrives to work as a companion to the aged 'Monsieur Ka' he begins to tell her his story...