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Elena Gorokhova

A Mountain of Crumbs

Come to the Ridgewood Public Library at 1 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 to journey back to the post-Stalin Soviet Union of the 1960’s and then onto the Russia of today. Our speaker is Elena Gorokhova, author of the acclaimed memoir, “A Mountain of Crumbs”.

As a child behind the Iron Curtain she struggled for individuality in a world where individuality was repressed. There was no “I”, only “we”, and as Ms. Gorokhova points out, there is no word for “privacy” in the Russian language. With both of her parents committed Communists, her mother an Army surgeon during WWII, she was trained in Communism since childhood – first as a Young Pioneer and then at 14 as a member of the Young

Communist League. For the young Ms. Gorokhova, however, the glorious Russian Revolution seemed a failure. Instead of “liberation from the yoke of absolutism and paradise for all working people” what she saw around her was poverty, famine, and decades of terror. Lying and deceit were required to survive, something she calls “vranyo” in an article she wrote in October for the New York Times Sunday Magazine.

Join us February 7, 2012 at the Ridgewood Library at 1 pm.

Join us for our author event, February 7, 2012 at the Ridgewood Library

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GOLD RUSH!

Turn your unwanted, mismatched, tangled jewelry item into cash for College Club! Last year Gold Rush donations raised $2,600 at no cost to members!

Here’s how: Bring any 10-carat-or-higher gold item to our monthly meetings, or call Kathy Marshall at 201-251-2512 to arrange for pick-up. Platinum and silver too! We bag it with your name and phone number, and give it to a qualified assayer for official weighing and melting. We tell you the total value of the donation and YOU decide how much you’d like the Club’s Education Fund to receive. It’s that simple!

If you have questions, please contact Kathy or our gemologist/consultant, Siobhan Crann Winograd at 201-857-2500.

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