Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family 1865-1992

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Summary: Great multi-racial family history
Review: I read this book as a book club selection a few years ago. I had doubts about it -- but after I read it--I loved it. Ms. Yelena Khanga is a Black Russian women who discovers her heritage and her love of jounalism. Khanga has such a rich family history, American (Black and white), Russian and African. As she tells her story she is unashame and relentless in detailing the facts - good and bad. Her family leaves New York in the early 1900's and lives in Russia. As the story unfolds, the family has been involved in Russian and African politics, her grandparents and father-- which is an inexpected twist. She is a very strong woman who comes to American as a journalist and rediscovers the life her family left behind. This story is unusual and unpredictable. After reading the book, I felt absorbed in family history-- not only American history, but Russian and African history.

If you are a fan of family history as I am - you will like this book.