Three Stories at My Wake

Evgenia Zakharchuk is a graduate of Oksana Vasyakina's courses "Writing About Yourself" and the annual course "Contemporary Literary Practices" from ShLP and CWS. She has been published in the magazine "Reading" and the project "What I Know About Dad."
Every time... at the wake of Zhena's mother, relatives recall three anecdotes from her mother's childhood. The twentieth anniversary will be no exception; it would simply be inappropriate for Zhena to miss it. Therefore, the thirty-year-old emigrant makes her way from Frankfurt to Moscow, mentally preparing for the meeting with her close ones. It is time to tell her grandparents that her move to Germany is permanent and this visit is likely the last one. What three stories will Zhena's relatives tell about her?