The war back home is always at the forefront of her reality. On television, Vladimir Putin speaks of the 'reunification' of Crimea and Russia, the Ukrainian president makes unconvincing promises about a united Ukraine, while American politicians are divided over the fear of immigration. Nadia internalises notions of 'union' all around her, but the one reunion she has been waiting six years for - with her beloved daughter - is being eternally delayed by the Department of Homeland Security. When Nadia finds out that her daughter has lost access to the medicine she needs to survive, she takes matters into her own hands. Mother Country is Irina Reyn's most emotionally complex, urgent novel yet. Hopeful and full of humour, it is a story of mothers and daughters and, above all else, resilience.

Award-winning author Irina Reyn's "modern portrait of America through the lens of the women it fails the most" (Marie Claire)

About the Author
IRINA REYN is the author of What Happened to Anna K and The Imperial Wife, as well as the editor of the anthology Living on the Edge of the World. She has reviewed books for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and other publications. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in One Story, Tin House, Ploughshares, Town & Country Travel, etc. She teaches fiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She lives in Pittsburgh and Brooklyn.


Book Information
ISBN 9781250300898
Author Irina Reyn
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Picador USA
Publisher St Martin's Press
Weight(grams) 252g
Dimensions(mm) 138mm * 210mm * 24mm