My debut memoir is out 9/29/26!

Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter:

A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride 

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about me

Raised as an undocumented Russian immigrant in Texas, Katya Suvorova (she/her) is now a US citizen writing from Seattle. Her work is powered by strong coffee courtesy of her husband’s amateur barista phase, a cat so unruly she once earned a spot on the no-fly list, and a three-legged dog who moves through the world like she has five legs and no regrets. Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter is her debut memoir.

View fullsize if you grew up being called ‘ungrateful’ you get it #immigrant #ungratefulimmigrantdaughter #eldestdaughter #immigration #memoir
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View fullsize If @blackgirlthatreads recommends me a book I will drop whatever else I’m reading and read that book because her recommendations have always ALWAYS been books I can’t put down. The House of Eve got me out of a YEARS long reading slump. I
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View fullsize ** cover reveal on the last slide** If you could tell your baby self one thing, what would it be? I would tell baby Katya that she turns into a grown up that would have protected her. & that’s the thing I’m most proud of in this lif
View fullsize I always get so much sh*t around the legality for posting stuff like this, but survival isn’t clean cut. You’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do & I have a feeling a lot of people (not just women) are in terrible situations, esp rn
View fullsize let this be your reminder to pull out that photo album and read what your parents put on the back of your childhood photos (& maybe let’s print photos and write on them again because I’m so thankful for these) #estranged #estrangeme