Title/Author: Mother Country by Irina Reyn
Publisher: St Martin’s Press
In a nutshell:
Nadia’s daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler’s insecure mother; and as an ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor.
The war back home is always at the forefront of her reality. On television, Vladimir Putin speaks of the “reunification” of Crimea and Russia, the Ukrainian president makes unconvincing promises about a united Ukraine, while American politicians are divided over the fear of immigration. Nadia internalizes notions of “union” all around her, but the one reunion she has been waiting six years for – with her beloved daughter – is being eternally delayed by the Department of Homeland Security. When Nadia finds out that her daughter has lost access to the medicine she needs to survive, she takes matters into her own hands.
Mother Country is Irina Reyn’s most emotionally complex, urgent novel yet. It is a story of mothers and daughters and, above all else, resilience.
My thoughts:
It started off with a very strong introduction and got me interested. And I held my hopes high for the rest of the story.
Have you read this? What did you think? If not, do you intend to? Please let me know your thoughts!
Till then, HAPPY READING!
Hooked On Bookz 
That is a shame, Jee. I hope your next read is a lot better!
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THank you so much, Stephen! I was really hoping for this to be a superb book…but oh well, things like this happen! 🙂
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It sounds like a realistic book, perhaps based on the experience of the author of someone she knows. Sorry it was not a page turner for you 🙂
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Yeah perhaps you’re right..but I also think it’s the writing style and how everything was put together that affected the quality of the story.. And it would’ve been so much better if there was a POV of the MC’s daughter, her situation in Ukraine etc.. I was really looking forward to loving this book… But oh well, on to the next! 🙂
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The writing style and structure can really affect your enjoyment of a book, you have good suggestions for how it could have been improved. Hope you like the next book more 🙂
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Thank you, NS! I hope so too! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed 😅
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What a bummer, Jee! I had high hopes for this one! Wonderful review and on to reads you love!
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Thank you, Jennifer!!😘
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Great review, Jee! Sorry this wasn’t a favorite. You made a lot of good points 💕
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Thank you, Mack! ❤️
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Good review/good post
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Thank you, Rae! How are you?
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If it got any better, I couldn’t stand it. Am doing my first, hopefully annual Literacy Celebration at our public library this afternoon. Just loaded three items in car in case it rains when I need to get ready: large box/baskets/enormous tote bag. I have leftover paper plates and napkins from every party I’ve had in the last year. Today should “use them up”–repurposing is another passion of mine. Wish us luck!
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Wish you all the best! Hope everything goes as planned! 💪😊
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