She thought her mother was a model, then found her in an old mail-order bride catalog

LA Times Wednesday 23rd September 2026, 10:00AM 1 min read 2 days ago

<p>In her debut memoir "Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter," Katya Suvorova pulls back the velvet curtain on white-passing undocumented life, domestic abuse and the dark reality behind post-Cold War stereotypes.</p>

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