Mother Doll Photography by Francesco Lagnese The financial crisis has struck

The financial crisis has struck and sales have slumped

Then you should go outside and explore and see what you find when you take the time to slow down

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as societal changes and the once-isolationist country’s new global engagement provided a wealth of new subjects for artists to capture

Mother Doll Photography by Francesco Lagnese The financial crisis has struck*** BALCONES PRIZE FINALIST *** Prize winning author Katya Apekinas Mother Doll is a sharp, kaleidoscopic novel about the shadow of trauma in Russian history that follows four generations of mothers and daughters Punctuated with Apekinas wry observations and wicked sense of humor (Los Angeles Times), Mother Doll is a family epic and meditation on motherhood, immigration, identity, and war. Apekinas second novel is not only a harrowing examination of