“Where else can I put them? I don’t have my own place!” Karina burst out.
From Childhood Crowding to Personal Freedom: Karina’s Story Karina’s memories of her childhood vividly captured the endless struggle to claim a slice of privacy. The cramped two-room apartment on the third floor of an aging Khrushchev-era building was home to five people: her mother Svetlana, father Nikolai, grandmother Anna Petrovna, younger brother Maxim, and herself. … Read more