City of thieves

By David Benioff

Subjects: Fiction, coming of age, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Domestic fiction, Grandparent and child, Saint petersburg (russia), fiction, Siege of Saint Petersburg (Russia : 1941-1944) fast (OCoLC)fst01354921, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2009-04-19, Fiction, historical, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, family life, Elderly, Russians, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Grandparents, fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Reminiscing in old age, History, Psychology, Grandparent-grandchild relationship

Description: Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to secure pardons by gathering hard-to-find ingredients for a powerful colonel's daughter's wedding cake.