Name: Medea and Her Children
ISBN: 9780805211443

Ludmila Ulitskaya

The childless widow of a Russian-Jewish ex-revolutionary, Medea Georgievna Sinopy Mendez is the heart of a large family of nieces and nephews who, with their families and friends, gather each spring and summer at her home.

Medea and Her Children

Medea Georgievna Sinoply Mendez is an iconic figure in her Crimean village, the last remaining pure-blooded Greek in a family that has lived on that coast for centuries. Childless Medea is the touchstone of a large family, which gathers each spring and summer at her home. There are her nieces (sexy Nike and shy Masha), her nephew Georgii (who shares Medea’s devotion to the Crimea), and their friends. In this single summer, the languor of love will permeate the Crimean air, hearts will be broken, and old memories will float to consciousness, allowing us to experience not only the shifting currents of erotic attraction and competition, but also the dramatic saga of this family amid the forces of dislocation, war, and upheaval of twentieth-century Russian life.

Anna with an A

I loved it! It's 100 years of solitude but with deeply female perspective. One of the best book I read recentelly. 
If you are Jewish, Tatar, have ginger hair, was born in USSR or post-soviet countries, i think you will find it interesting! 

Medea and Her Children

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