{"product_id":"i-wish-i-didnt-have-to-tell-you-this-a-graphic-memoir-a-young-adult-true-story-of-growing-up-jewish-in-soviet-russia-during-the-cold-war-9781536253740","title":"I Wish I Didn't Have to Tell You This: A Graphic Memoir: (A Young Adult True Story of Growing Up Jewish in Soviet Russia During the Cold War)","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"By turns heartbreaking and gut-wrenching, Eugene Yelchin's eloquent memoir\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis both a cautionary tale about the sacrifices demanded by a government that lies, denies, conceals, and coerces its citizens into compliance and a poignant love letter to his past.\" -- Candace Fleming, author of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner \u003ci\u003eThe Family Romanov\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo longer the creative little boy under his grandmother's table, Yevgeny is now a young adult, pursuing his artistic dreams under the constant threat of the KGB's stranglehold on Russia's creative scene. When a chance encounter with an American woman opens him up to a world of romance and possibility, Yevgeny believes he has found his path to the future--and freedom overseas. But the threat of being drafted into the military and sent to fight in Afghanistan changes everything in a terrible instant, and he takes drastic measures to decide his fate, leading to unthinkable consequences in a mental hospital. With bold art bringing a vivid reality to life, National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin's sequel to the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Genius Under the Table\u003c\/i\u003e returns to Yevgeny's saga, balancing the terror and oppression of Soviet Russia with the author's signature charm and dark wit. \u003ci\u003eI Wish I Didn't Have to Tell You This\u003c\/i\u003e shines a stark spotlight on history while offering a poignant, nuanced, and powerfully resonant look at growing up in--and ultimately leaving--Cold War Russia in the early 1980s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene Yelchin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536253740","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48405989818505,"sku":"9781536253740","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_83c491d6-70f4-4c6b-a33e-7bfe925f3c0a.jpg?v=1790060438","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/i-wish-i-didnt-have-to-tell-you-this-a-graphic-memoir-a-young-adult-true-story-of-growing-up-jewish-in-soviet-russia-during-the-cold-war-9781536253740","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}