The Young Lady

9 hrs. 28 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Irina Muravyova

Narrator Evgenia Ionkina

A former gymnasium student—an airy young woman raised on Pushkin’s poems—turns into a loving woman and a devoted mother. For her small family life, the major historical upheavals of the early twentieth century are only everyday reality: when death is a common occurrence; when fear is familiar—that you will pull from an envelope a letter from someone who is already gone. And there’s no way to shield yourself from suffering. But suffering not only presses you down to the ground—it also drives you upward. “The Young Lady” is the first novel of a family saga planned by the author in three books.

Irina Muravyova is a Russian-American writer. She was born in Moscow, and in 1985 moved to live in Boston, where her literary career took off. Irina Muravyova is known in America, England, France, and other countries. Now her books are also being published in Russia. Her novel “The Young Lady” tells about a difficult period for Russia in the early twentieth century and about the fate of a woman who has to grow up quickly.

1. The Young Lady 2. The Chill of Bird Cherry (narrated by Irina Vorobyova) 3. We Will Say Goodbye on the Bridge (narrated by Tatyana Telegina)