Book readers - this is a long shot...

[maryinaz]

OK, I am wracking my brain to remember this book I read in the last 1-2 years, but I can really only remember part of it. :blink:

It started in Russia under Stalin's rule. A girl went to work for him and he got her pregnant. Fast forward like 40-50 years and someone (the main character of the book) discovers the illegitimate son is still living and has been hidden all these years in some small town in Russia. I can still imagine this part of the book it was described so well.

That is the only part of the book I remember and I think there was a whole other story going on too. I don't know if it was a paperback, easy-toead book, or something more in depth. Or if it was a popular book or an obscure one. I'm assuming I got it at the library and don't own it.

Does this ring a bell for anyone?

If not...just let this thread slip to the bottom of the forum and fade away....

[mummytothree]

I don't know but I did some googling, was it this one called Young Stalin?

http://books.google.com/books?id=kouXUFhmodEC&pg=PA286&lpg=PA286&dq=book+about+Stalin+getting+a+girl+pregnant&source=bl&ots=QBQbnflpOx&sig=OFgKnpn97TrU5qG0E7W2rlCf0J4&hl=en&ei=aBGDTtGJHIXa0QHmyPGuAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

[BrattyMeg]

What about
I Spied For Stalin (http://www.biblio.com/books/290315568.html)? looks like it's hard to find.

Also I've read this book and you might like it..
The Good Daughter (http://www.amazon.com/Good-Daughter-Memoir-Mothers-Hidden/dp/0446534978/)

[maryinaz]

Thanks for looking, but none of those are it. I do want to read more about that time period though so I'll put these books on my list. :)

[Starlight-Princess]

Not sure if this is it but it sounds like a book I read called Archangel by Robert Harris...
It's been about 3 years since I read it but the storyline sounds familiar....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel_(Robert_Harris_novel) thats the wikipedia page x

[maryinaz]

Not sure if this is it but it sounds like a book I read called Archangel by Robert Harris...
It's been about 3 years since I read it but the storyline sounds familiar....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel_(Robert_Harris_novel) thats the wikipedia page x
OMG - yes! That's it!! :thumbup: I never would have remembered the title of that because it still doesn't sound familiar, but that is definitely the story. Now I have to see if I can find it because I need to reead it!

THANK YOU!!! Whew! One thing off my mind. :)

[Starlight-Princess]

OMG - yes! That's it!! :thumbup: I never would have remembered the title of that because it still doesn't sound familiar, but that is definitely the story. Now I have to see if I can find it because I need to reead it!

THANK YOU!!! Whew! One thing off my mind. :)

Woot glad I could help :) x