NetGalley Reviewer nix21230

An engaging and fascinating story written by Alina Adams building on her own experiences as a Jewish refugee from USSR and what must have been extensive research into the subject. Imagine if all history lessons were this engaging! I was amazed by the strength and determination showed by Regina throughout the story, her never wavering optimism and drive to keep on going and creating a better life for herself.  Synopsis (from the publisher): With his dying breath, Lena’s father asks his family a cryptic question: “You couldn’t tell, could you?” After his passing, Lena stumbles upon the answer that changes her life forever. As her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina suspects that she's the Kremlin’s next target. Under cover of the night, she flees from her parents' communal apartment in 1930s Moscow to the 20th century's first Jewish state, Birobidzhan, on the border between Russia and China. Once the...