White on black
Gonsales Galʹego, Ruben David2006
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A memoir of the extreme neglect faced by a disabled boy in a series of Soviet orphanages. Ruben was born in Moscow in 1968 with severe cerebral palsy, and his mother was told he was dead. He exposes the reality behind the myth of the Russian welfare system, and manages to be reunited with his mother.
Main title:
White on black / Ruben Gallego ; translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz.
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Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2006.
Collation:
viii, 168 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
0719561361 (hbk)
Dewey class:
BGONBiography891.7'8GON920
Language:
English
BRN:
1043343