A review by cherylo
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulić

5.0

I cannot praise this book highly enough! Slavenka Drakulić explores the "relationship between political authority and the trivia of everyday living" from the perspective of women in communist Eastern Europe. She does this beautifully, particularly when she draws on her own experiences of living in Yugoslavia. In Drakulić’s hands, topics such as cramped apartments, beauty products and childhood dolls become utterly absorbing! This is just a spectacularly good book!