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Sergey Grechishkin

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in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), Russian Federation

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Memoir, Nonfiction, History

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Sergey Grechishkin was born in 1971 in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg). Life’s journey took him from a Soviet communal flat through studies in China and France and on to top banking jobs in London, where he lived for eighteen years. Today he lives in Singapore and juggles business, three children, teaching, investing and writing.
"Everything is Normal: The Life and Times of the Soviet Kid" is his first book. ...more

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An update

This is a short update about the publication of "Everything is Normal."

At present the publisher is reaching out to relevant authors for "blurbs" – quotes about the book to be printed on the front and the back cover. Here are a couple examples received:

“Like walking through the looking-glass into 1970s-80s Leningrad... funny, shocking and occasionally even tender... prepare to be transported back t Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 11, 2017 19:21

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“In the Soviet Union there is freedom of speech.
But it's not written anywhere that one should be free after his speech.”
― Sergey Grechishkin, Everything is Normal: Life and Times of a Soviet Kid

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“But as history teaches us, the only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability.”
― Sergey Grechishkin, Everything is Normal: Life and Times of a Soviet Kid

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“Adults like to say that childhood passes quickly, that it's over in the blink of an eye. I can't agree. When you become an adult, that's when life starts roaring by.”
― Sergey Grechishkin, Everything is Normal: Life and Times of a Soviet Kid

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