A Set of Three Books - Shury-mury on Kalininsky, Ghosts of the House on Gorky, A Gift from the Land of Spices

Shury-mury on Kalininsky. 

When it turned out that Grandma Lida had fallen in love again, this time with a young and talented photojournalist from Izvestia, neither her relatives nor her friends were surprised. Not the first time! And as for the fact that Lida's feelings would be mutual, there was nothing to say; when had it been otherwise for her?
This event, the consequences of which no one could predict, marks the beginning of a new book by Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya, where amorous passions intertwine with the Cannes Film Festival, Soviet scarcity and the Jewish question, flamboyant speculators and a terrible crime. Also, the characters in the book easily resemble stars of the Soviet pop scene of that time and, of course, the beautiful Moscow, which in the late 1960s received a new adornment - Kalininsky Avenue.

Ghosts of the House on Gorky. 

The apartment on the fourth floor at Gorky Street, 9, kept its secrets even before the Kreshchenskys moved in: a mysterious and never-solved murder once influenced the lives of the new inhabitants. Grandma Lida was sure that a ghost had settled in the closet, while tenth-grader Katya and her school friend Irka never missed an opportunity to hunt this apartment's evil spirit together at night.
But these are just trifles because in the seventies, here, in the house on Gorky, besides the ghost, there was already a "pleasant human filling": famous neighbors - Bondarchuk, Efremov, Basov, many other actors, directors, physicists, and other talents; nearby were central Moscow stores, and from the farthest window of the apartment, one could see a corner of the Historical Museum and a bit of Red Square. In Katya's room, even the slyly squinting Lenin peered in from a large street poster of the Central Telegraph across from her window.
An autobiographical novel by Robert Rozhdestvensky's daughter, revealing a bright and eventful family life filled with adventures, books, love, study, marriage, and great tragedy.

A Gift from the Land of Spices. 

The continuation of the Kreshchensky story. How Katya changed her address and moved. To India. 
The events begin with the Moscow Olympic Games of 1980 and end with the fulfillment of a cherished desire…
Katya and her husband have to go on a business trip to India. They try to adapt to the new country, immerse themselves in local traditions, and get used to the unusual Indian culture and cuisine. To survive, finally…
Meetings with dear friends, a hated job in a female team, acquaintances with Chinese medicine, as well as Lida's trip to Paris and her love stories - just a brief summary of this adventurous book.
"A Gift from the Land of Spices" is a work filled with love, exoticism, and unexpected plot twists. The heroine's journey to India becomes not only a new experience for her but also an opportunity to understand herself and radically change her life. 

5 reasons to read these books: 

• Get acquainted with the new autobiographical novels by Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya, daughter of the famous poet Robert Rozhdestvensky.
• Find out what happened to the Kreshchensky family after the end of the previous novel by Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya "Shury-mury on Kalininsky".
• Discover the friendly ties of the Kreshchensky (Rozhdestvensky) family with the music, television, theatrical, and film elite of the 70s capital.
• Learn how "people with connections" solved issues of commodity and food scarcity during the Soviet era.
• Engage with the joys and terrible secrets of the star family.