A Door Behind A Door

Written By Miriam Hanna

A Door Behind A Door by Yelena Moskovich

Reviewed by Mimi
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Many thanks to @influxpress for sending this little gem over to us.

A compelling novel that packs a punch in less than 200 pages. Olga has built a life in America and her apparently peaceful life is interrupted by a phone call from someone in her past. She is taken back to a time in the Soviet Union where she grew up around mystery including the loss of her brother.

This book is pacy and kept me pretty gripped. There is no subtext, every character experience is laid out on the page in an almost brutal way. It was like Olga was never able to truly leave the almost savage life of the Soviet Union behind and it was all bubbling under the surface.

I actually think this book is a bit too short. It's a snapshot and I wanted it to go on longer!

Miriam Hanna

Aka Mimi. I have known Linda for a very, very long time. We grew up together and you learn very quickly that when she gets an idea in her head, you would be an idiot not to back her to see it through. When the idea of the book club came up it was another lightbulb moment where I knew this wasn't only going to be a success but really fun.


I have always been a bookworm. Remember when you were little and you went shopping with your mum or dad and they gave you a toy or something to occupy yourself with whilst you were in the trolley? I used to get books to keep me quiet. They were and are my ultimate form of escapism and more and more they are about understanding who I am as a person. Books make me cry more than films and TV Shows. I can get lost for hours. I love historic fiction, political thrillers and gritty crime novels but also biographies and memoirs of people I find interesting like sportspeople. I was fortunate to be in the Harry Potter generation and if weren't for those books I don't know what I would have. Young literature was so poor at the point. To have a book that had me and my family queuing up at midnight to buy was seriously special.

Whether you listen to audio books, read off a kindle or stick to carrying around good old fashioned hard copies (that's me!) I truly believe reading is the best way to spend some time every day.


The books I would have with me on a desert island? 📚🏝Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Akzaban, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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