An American Family in Moscow

by Leona P. Schecter

Book Overview

In 1968-70 Schecter worked as Time magazine bureau chief in Moscow. His wife and youngsters were with him and each family member has recorded the experience. The five children attended Soviet schools... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316773018
• ISBN13: 9780316773010
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating

This book, co-written by all 7 members of the Schecter family, describes the adventures that this family had while journalist Jerrold Schecter was stationed in Moscow in the early 1970s. It gives a particularly illuminating glimpse into living conditions for foreign families in the Soviet Union of those times. The children's descriptions of their school experiences are extremely interesting, since such information is not readily available elsewhere. Jerrold's contributions to the book tend to stick mostly to the political events behind the stories he was covering (ho hum), but Leona writes about life as an expat mother trying to deal with extraordinary circumstances. This book would be of interest to anyone contemplating ex-pat life with children or to students of Soviet social history.