# A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka

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- Authors: [Lev Golinkin](https://www.bookquiver.com/lev-golinkin)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-4580-633-8
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2015-10-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A compelling memoir—" hilarious and heartbreaking" (The New York Times)—of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family in Ukraine fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim...