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A review by namakurhea
Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena
4.0
If you’re looking to read Latvian literature, this is the one!! ✨, When I first saw the cover I thought: oh boy this seems like a heavy, dark, and brooding read 😅 BUT to my surprise, it actually is full of hope. There is a LOT of talk about freedom, of making one’s own way even when the situation is less than ideal.
The story itself is told through a first person point of view of the two main characters: the daughter and the mother. Both were born at a time where Latvia was going through a birth of its own: first as a country under Soviet rule, second as a reborn sovereign country. In such volatile conditions, how does one hold on to hope? This is just one of the questions the story attempt to address.
Other themes that stood out are mental illness and parent-child relationships. I read this book right after I finished my books on inner child and attachments and daaaamnnn…the stuff covered in the book are high risk factors for a child. It is a very intimate book and definitely worth finishing in one sitting.
Oh! Lastly this is also our book of choice for March buddy read session! We will be meeting up in South Jakarta and we’ve got jackets! DM me if you wanna join.
The story itself is told through a first person point of view of the two main characters: the daughter and the mother. Both were born at a time where Latvia was going through a birth of its own: first as a country under Soviet rule, second as a reborn sovereign country. In such volatile conditions, how does one hold on to hope? This is just one of the questions the story attempt to address.
Other themes that stood out are mental illness and parent-child relationships. I read this book right after I finished my books on inner child and attachments and daaaamnnn…the stuff covered in the book are high risk factors for a child. It is a very intimate book and definitely worth finishing in one sitting.
Oh! Lastly this is also our book of choice for March buddy read session! We will be meeting up in South Jakarta and we’ve got jackets! DM me if you wanna join.