My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir by Meir Shalev

My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir

Meir Shalev with Evan Fallenberg (Translator)

224 pages first pub 2009 (view editions)

nonfiction biography memoir funny reflective slow-paced
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Slow-burn, wry domestic comedy for readers who savor tender family lore told with obsessive-cleaning humor and immigrant nostalgia.

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From the author of the acclaimed novel A Pigeon and a Boy comes a charming tale of family ties, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling in Nahalal, the village of Meir Shalev’s birth. Here we meet Shalev’s amazing Grandma Tonia, w...

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Moods

funny: 100%

lighthearted: 81%

reflective: 63%

emotional: 45%

hopeful: 45%

adventurous: 27%

informative: 27%

inspiring: 27%

mysterious: 18%

relaxing: 18%

sad: 9%


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