TY - SOUND AU - Archer,Jeffrey TI - Heads you win SN - 9781509899524 (pbk.) U1 - 823.914 ARC 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Pan Books KW - Russians KW - United States KW - Fiction KW - Great Britain KW - Mothers and sons KW - Fate and fatalism KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - FICTION / Historical / General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Immigration and emigration KW - sears KW - Mother-son relationship KW - Soviet Union KW - History KW - 1953-1985 KW - Historical fiction KW - Audiobooks KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - Rs.399/- S02/164 N2 - Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. When his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? A toss of a coin decides Alexander's future. Spanning two continents and thirty years, this epic story follows his triumphs and defeats as he comes to realize where his destiny lies and accepts that he must face the past he left behind in Russia ER -