Yele­na Lem­ber­sky grew up in Leningrad, the USSR, two places no longer on the map. The feel­ing of float­ing with­out pre­cise coor­di­nates, like a boat with­out moor­ing, is a pro­pelling cre­ative force for her imag­i­na­tion. After earn­ing a dou­ble Bach­e­lors’ from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan and a Mas­ters’ from MIT, she worked as an archi­tect, orga­nized art exhi­bi­tions, and final­ly turned to writ­ing, pub­lish­ing sto­ries, essays, and the cat­a­logue ​“Felix Lem­ber­sky: Paint­ings and Draw­ings”. This new mem­oir, co-authored with her moth­er, Gali­na, is her first book-length work of cre­ative non-fic­tion. She lives with her fam­i­ly near Boston, Massachusetts.