The Moth

A Grave Predicament

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A Russian immigrant takes a trip home and tries to fulfill a promise to his mother without her hand-drawn map.

Tags Grandparents Home Death Travel Loss Legacy Relocating Grief Nostalgic Moving Sad Tender

Storyteller

Boris Timanovsky

Featured on

July 18, 2008 Fathers

Recorded Date

June 7, 2006

“I thought, if this is really my grandfather who's lying there then all is well and good.”

Photo by Jordan Silverman
Boris Timanovsky

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