Our December Book of the Month is Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, From Revolution to Autocracy by Julia Ioffe, an award-winning Russian-born American journalist and author specialising in Russia-US relations and politics.

Part memoir, part journalistic exploration, part history, Julia’s powerful debut book tells the story of Russia through its women: from her physician great-grandmothers to feminist revolutionaries, from the single mothers who rebuilt the postwar USSR to the members of Pussy Riot.

We spoke with Julia about the experiences of women in the Soviet feminist experiment, the differences between Western and Russian feminism, the lessons we can learn from the women in Motherland, and more.

You can get 10% off online orders of Motherland until the end of December!