This story reveals what it was like to witness my son’s first psychotic break, and how I tried to make sense of something quite incomprehensible. The feedback I received after this piece was published made me realize there was more…
Why I’m holding on tight to my adult son, when other parents are letting go. This article was published in the Washington Post on December 13, 2016. Read the article as a PDF. Or, click the title link to open the…
Growing up in the dreary London projects, Tanya dreamed of moving to Hollywood, where everything was sunshine and smiles. But when she hatched a plan to get there, she realized there was more than just the Atlantic ocean standing in her way.…
I Wish I Knew My Father is about what it means to not remember your father, to want to know who he was, and whether he is still alive in the world. Published in Role Reboot, January 20, 2014. …
He Won’t Tell Me, But I Know My Father-In-Law Loves Me Recounts the story of my father-in-law’s last days, and how I was able to reach him. Published in Role Reboot, December 30, 2013. Read “He Won’t Tell Me, But…
Wooed by the Weather, Terrain, and Girl Down the Block This is a story about how I came to America. It is part of the Arrivals/Departures columns published by KCET on March 7, 2013. …
Greysville is an excerpt from my memoir that shows life for me as a pubescent girl growing up on Chingford Hall Estate. Published in Lumina: the Sarah Lawrence College Literary Journal, 2012. …
Kissing Buba (2000) This was my first foray into writing for the screen. Based upon my childhood visit to my immigrant Russian grandmother, the film, starring Miriam Karlin (A Clockwork Orange 1971) was shown on Anglia TV and film festivals…