false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg 83143 13 <I>Tatiana and Alexander</I> continues Paullina Simons' truly epic tale. The previous instalment, <I>The Bronze Horseman</I>, introduced the charismatic characters of Tatiana Metanova, a strong willed, idiosyncratic teenager and Alexander, a young officer in the Red army. Set against the background of war torn Leningrad, the novel described their dangerously passionate love affair, while cataloguing the horrors of Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941. <p> In <I>Tatiana and Alexander</I>, Tatiana is 18 years old and pregnant with Alexander's child. Believing herself to be a widow she has escaped to America and is working as a nurse on Ellis Island. Her life is good, her baby son is beautiful, and her new friends entertaining, but her heart calls out for Alexander. Alexander, meanwhile, has been arrested by Stalin's secret police and is awaiting death, accused of being a spy and a traitor. In a series of flashbacks his childhood is revealed. His father, a committed communist, removed his family from a comfortable life in America "to live what we believe" in poverty stricken Russia. Alexander, an American, has been serving in the Russian Red Army in attempt to protect himself. Wounded, beaten, betrayed, the memory of Tatiana is the only thing that stops him from despairing--"you were my only life force".<p> <I>Tatiana and Alexander</I> powerfully describes the triumph of the human spirit in a world of sadness and loss. As Tatiana says: "We walk alone through this world, but if we are lucky, we have a moment of belonging to something, to someone, that sustains us through a lifetime of loneliness". --<I>Eithne Farry</I> 594714 book 2003 Tatiana and Alexander total:419|5:183|4:151|3:68|2:15|1:2| 419 1755 575 57 3222232 0007278322 9780007278329 54 1 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1216517642m/3222232.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3222232.Bridge_to_Holy_Cross_The 4 6 false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 04:28:42 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 04:30:15 -0700 2008 1
This book began brilliantly. I was absolutely ent...more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 0 false Wed Nov 11 06:28:48 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 06:41:03 -0800 2009
I couldn't wait that long, so I got a copy fr...more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 4 0 true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 03 19:49:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 20:02:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2974930 0007175760 9780007175765 11 2 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255379615m/2974930.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2974930.The_Bridge_to_Holy_Cross 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 28 23:37:59 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 23:50:02 -0700 2009 once.
(perhaps if you began by reading this book before reading 'the bronze horseman' it would act as a fill in as to what previously happened in the fi...more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 4 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 11:37:50 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 18:25:46 -0700 2009
Published in the UK as Bridge to Holy Cross, this book takes up Tatiana and Alexander's story where the first one left off. Alexander is presumed dead in Russia while a pregnant Tatiana was able to escape t...more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 1 false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 07:59:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 09:08:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 3 1 false Mon Aug 04 10:28:54 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 24 18:52:24 -0700 2009
Tatianna is in the United States with her newborn baby and she just can't shake the fact that her husband may be dead, or probably is anyway. Everything is big, bright and beautiful in America apart...more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 2 0 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 01:43:19 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 00:13:41 -0700 2009
I read the first part of this book fairly fast. The middle DRAGGED ON FOR A LIFETIME. My goodness. I had to take it away to camp with me, just so I'd have no choice but to read it.

The last 150 pages zoomed by once more, and were fantastic,...more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 0 false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 17:03:21 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 22:27:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 23 15:20:03 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 15:28:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 21 17:49:51 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 17:56:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 3 0 false Mon Apr 06 18:59:42 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 19:04:36 -0700 2009 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 0 false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:52:55 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 12:40:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 0 false Mon Sep 14 08:48:03 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 08:50:33 -0700 2009
It was as addictive as the first one and although I couldnt put it down, it didnt have that edge of your seat effect.

It definitley gave me some sort of closure to the story.]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:26:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:28:05 -0700 2009 I really liked the battles and planning...it made me feel like i was part of the war...very interesting read for...i loved the romance in this book...:)...Alexander...what a guy!
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This book is not as great as the first book, with lots of flashbacks. The book does...more...]]> 83143 0007118899 9780007118892 315 49 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171036640m/83143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83143.Tatiana_and_Alexander 5 0 false Mon Jun 15 23:32:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 23:32:38 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=83143