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No Smiling Allowed: growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant
by Julia Bendis
Highly acclaimed comedic short stories book called 'No smiling allowed; growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant' - written and narrated by Julia Bendis. No Smiling Allowed is a comedic take on life in the former Soviet Ukraine and Latvia and as an immigrant in America. Julia Bendis has compiled many years of funny stories about her old-fashioned Jewish parents, their understanding of how life works in the United States, hilarious adventures, and her own younger generation's view of what it was like to blend in as a strange-looking kid from USSR.
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Medicinal Urine
Doesn't everyone use urine to cure burns and other ailments?
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Soviet grocery stores
Do you want to know what it was like to live in the former USSR, what food we had or didn't have? Keep listening...
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Grandma and medicinal urine
Every Soviet person used urine for medicinal purposes, and we continue to this day...
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Part 1 - Soviet Childhood
Growing up Russian: Soviet childhood and how we survived...
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Introduction
I was born Yulia Vladimirovna Beynart - but in Russian of course.
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Dedication
I dedicate this book to myself - kidding...
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Highly acclaimed comedic short stories book called 'No smiling allowed; growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant' - written and narrated by Julia Bendis. No Smiling Allowed is a comedic take on life in the former Soviet Ukraine and Latvia and as an immigrant in America. Julia Bendis has compiled many years of funny stories about her old-fashioned Jewish parents, their understanding of how life works in the United States, hilarious adventures, and her own younger generation's view of what it was like to blend in as a strange-looking kid from USSR.
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