Title: How To Get Into The Twin Palms A Novel
Description: "The story of Anya, a young woman living alone in a Russian neighborhood in Los Angeles, who struggles to retain her parents' Polish culture while trying to assimilate into her newly adopted community. Anya stalks the nearby Twin Palms nightclub, the pinnacle of exclusivity in the Russian community. Desperate not only to gain entrance into the club but to belong there, Anya begins a perilous pursuit for Lev, a Russian gangster who frequents the seemingly impenetrable world of the Twin Palms"--P. [2] of cover.
Subjects: Immigrants, Russians, Young women, Polish people, Cultural assimilation, Nightclubs, Fiction, Fiction, general, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Polish americans, fiction, Polish Americans, New York Times reviewed