Yours, Mine, Nobody's, and Other Stories

This collection of essays offers a profound look at the nature of our collective Soviet-era traumas through the lens of women’s experience. The author explores how the mental legacy of Soviet dictatorship continues to live on in Ukrainian society even decades after the collapse of the USSR. Remarkably, the invisible chains of distorted Soviet morality, traditions, and particular patterns of human relationships are passed on not only to older generations, but also to young people who were born after independence yet grew up within narratives shaped by the Soviet Union. The book serves as a reminder that building a modern, free Ukraine is impossible without an honest reckoning with — and a final farewell to — the toxic past that still seeks to keep us in its grip.