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This summer I’m reading Galina: A Russian Story

Vishnevskaya writes rather as she sings.

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Galina: A Russian Story, by Galina Vishnevskaya

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Galina: A Russian Story is a full-blown passionate roller coaster of a tale detailing her and her husband Mstislav Rostropovich’s tussles with the Soviet system and her unbelievably grueling early start in direst poverty. Unputdownable!!

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