{"product_id":"black-tea-a-russian-travelogue-exploring-love-and-identity-commitment-and-family-paperback","title":"Black Tea: Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Award 2020 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Award 2020\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighly informed with a unique perspective, Stephen Morris' \u003cem\u003eBlack Tea\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the changing face of Russia over thirty years. Both memoir and travelogue, Stephen hauntingly explores love and identity, commitment and family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Morris was always fascinated by Russia. As a child caught between his evangelical grandmother's warnings on the evils of socialism and his father's activism for nuclear disarmament, his ambiguous position was exemplified by a huge military map of the Soviet Union tacked to his bedroom wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dying days of the Soviet, he travels to Moscow and meets and marries a beautiful Russian. Although in London for a time, his wife and children return to live in rural Russia. Stephen does not go with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe later returns to take them on a trip through Russia, with the hope of reconnecting with his family and the country. Yet the country has changed, and so has his family. Adrift, he embarks on a lyrical journey that will take him from the White Sea to the Black Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107634057351,"sku":"9781910461389","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/afb6a103e6f061296ef579698ba82f3f.webp?v=1732457628","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/black-tea-a-russian-travelogue-exploring-love-and-identity-commitment-and-family-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}