Books
Talking to the Moon
English – 2021 – Nonfiction
In Talking to the Moon, I write about the time when a rift that had begun within me brought me to a life I had always believed to be impossible. It was then that I discovered I was free to choose my destiny and fought against almost everything I had ever known to reach a point where it was I, not someone else, who directed my life.
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Параллель
Russian – 2019 – Fiction/Nonfiction
Мне не дают покоя вопросы: что стало бы со мной не встреть я Мэг? Узнала бы я, что я – свободный человек с правом выбрать мой собственный путь в жизни? Стала бы я бороться за себя с обществом, с людьми, бороться с которыми казалось невозможным? Или я выбрала бы путь несопротивления и продолжила бы предавать себя? Мои ответы – в “Параллели”.
By creating a parallel universe, I explore what path my life might have taken had I never met Meg.
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Говорящая с луной
Russian – 2016 – Nonfiction
“Говорящая с луной” – мой рассказ про то, как я встретила Мэг, как на её примере увидела, что я свободный человек и вольна выбирать свой путь в жизни, про мой побег к Мэг в Киев и про наше странствие морем к Мэг домой в Британскую Колубмию.
The very first account I wrote, based on my experience, in which I share how I met Meg, how I escaped Russia, and our sea voyage to Meg’s home in British Columbia.
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Love Across Enemy Lines
English – 2014 – Nonfiction
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I lived a shallow and meaningless life; until I met a brutally honest Russian online. She changed everything about the way I saw the world and my place in it. By effecting an elaborate escape to meet me in Kyiv, Elena loosed a bloody vendetta against us. Our only hope was crossing the planet underground, entirely on our own and unsupported. By refusing to put our fate in the hands of others, we managed to survive, stay together, and more than anything else, we learned to love and trust ourselves.
During this unthinkable, year-long run for our lives, I not only rescued the deer-in-the-headlights Russian who crashed into my life, but found and rescued myself.
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Talking to the Moon — Screenplay
Original English-language feature screenplay.
Encountering a headstrong Westerner online, a Russian woman realizes for the first time that the life her society demands of her is not the only one possible and escapes her family, town, and country for the chance to determine her own future.