Three Stories at My Wake

Evgenia Zakharchuk is a graduate of Oksana Vasyakina's courses "Writing About Yourself" and the annual course "Contemporary Literary Practices" from the School of Literary Practices and CWS.

She has been published in the magazine "Reading" and the project "What I Know About Dad."
Every time at her mother Zhenya's wake, relatives recall three tales from her mother's childhood.

The twentieth anniversary will be no exception; it would simply be improper for Zhenya to miss it.

Therefore, the thirty-year-old emigrant makes her way from Frankfurt to Moscow, mentally preparing for the meeting with her relatives.

It's time to tell her grandmother and grandfather that her move to Germany is permanent, and this visit is likely the last one. What three stories will her relatives tell about Zhenya?