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Jennifer Ciotta'
A Soiled Existence in the Soviet Union
Jennifer Ciotta
Category:
Literary Scene
Published:
May 2012
Going to school was like going from grey to grey, concrete to concrete, boring to boring. Our life was waiting in line for bread and toilet paper. I had never experienced biting into a fresh vegetable because our stores were vacant most of the time.