{"product_id":"the-girl-from-kyiv-paperback","title":"The Girl from Kyiv - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue Stern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1905 Passion and politics in London and St Petersburg.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSince childhood in Kyiv, Sophia Krichevska has wanted to be a doctor but when Moscow Medical School rejects her application for being a woman and Jewish, she determines to study in NYC\u003c\/strong\u003e. Crossing the Baltic Sea, she \u003cstrong\u003emeets\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003echarismatic, Socialist Revolutionary Dov Feldman, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ewho believes in 'propaganda by the deed', violent action to foment revolution.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving in London, Sophia finds she's alone. Working in a sweatshop, living in a tenement room, she is shocked by the poverty, filth, and long hours in \u003cstrong\u003ethe sweating industry\u003c\/strong\u003e. Sophia assists at numerous confinements with\u003cstrong\u003e midwife Ettie Gutenberg.\u003c\/strong\u003e Horrified at mothers' and babies' high mortality rate, she's ever more resolved to become a women's doctor, \u003cstrong\u003e to introduce forbidden contraception. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe joins the 'gentle' anarchists led by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRudolph Rocker, while Dov travels back and forth to Russia promoting revolution and gunrunning\u003c\/strong\u003e. Returning in July, he invites Sophia to a 'love-in' for the anarchist inner circle. She's falling for him but is conflicted. On the Day of Atonement, his beautiful girlfriend leads Soho revolutionaries eating and smoking among the worshippers and is attacked by the Jewish Mafia or by the British Brothers, forerunners of the BNP. Sophia tends to her but is also injured and they're admitted to the London Hospital. Dov stays overnight with Sophia, leaving the next day, to rejoin the Petersburg Soviet and lead the 1905 'Great' Russian Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophia receives a letter that will change her life - Dov adores her, although sought\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eby the \u003cem\u003eOkhrana, \u003c\/em\u003e the Russian secret police, may never return. Yet in December, he's back; despite her qualms about free love, they become lovers. Dov learns that his sister, Katya, is desperately ill. Sophia insists on accompanying him to Petersburg, but his sister dies before their arrival. The \u003cem\u003eOkhrana\u003c\/em\u003e bursts in, Dov disappears. Arrested, Sophia saves the police inspector's newborn baby but is exiled to London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeart-torn, she visits the\u003cstrong\u003e London School of Medicine for Women \u003c\/strong\u003eand while longing to study with like-minded women, the school's fees are beyond her. Still no news of Dov. Hearing he's been imprisoned, doused himself with paraffin, and burnt to death, she collapses. But he's alive and returns to London months later. \u003cstrong\u003eFurious with his obsessional violence, she rejects him\u003c\/strong\u003e. He promises to continue his revolutionary work peaceably in England. A glorious reconciliation. Thrilled to receive an unexpected bursary, Sophia can finally start her medical training\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377604501643,"sku":"9780957494831","price":27.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/CaWcn2yZkI9780957494831.webp?v=1789624307","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-girl-from-kyiv-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}