One of my favorite perks of writing historical fiction is getting to research on anything and everything connected to your novel. Lately this means I've been reading up on the Soviet Union, particularly the time period around the Great Depression. The Forsaken, by Tim Tzouliadis, covers the period of time around the Great Depression, when many Americans were lured to the Soviet Union because it seemed immune to the troubles the world economy was plagued with.
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