Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Suvorova, Katya
Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Suvorova, Katya

Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride

In this darkly funny and irreverent memoir, the daughter of a mail-order bride unpacks her undocumented childhood...
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Author: Katya Suvorova
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Suvorova, Katya

Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride

$23.98
Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Suvorova, Katya

Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride

$23.98
Author: Katya Suvorova
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In this darkly funny and irreverent memoir, the daughter of a mail-order bride unpacks her undocumented childhood in America.

The perfect read for fans of the jaw-dropping twists of 90 Day Fiancé and the emotional gut punch of I'm Glad My Mom Died.

Growing up undocumented in Houston, Texas, Katya Suvorova learned that keeping her family together meant dodging the police, enduring her mother's many husbands, and babysitting her younger sister instead of finishing the third grade.

Her understanding of her life shifted dramatically at seventeen, when Katya discovered her mother's advertisement in a forgotten Eastern European mail-order bride catalog from the 1990s. As she grew older, Katya came to better understand what her mother had risked when she smuggled herself and her then three-year-old daughter from Russia into the US.

When your parents sacrifice their lives so yours can be better, to whom do you owe your future?

Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter explores difficult questions and stories both shocking and hilarious across Katya's childhood through to an adulthood estranged from the woman who sacrificed everything for her. Her sharp, dry wit engages readers in a deeply relatable take on the experience of being a child of immigrants and unraveling a landscape of family secrets and lies, sharing her unique story of being the undocumented daughter of a mail-order bride.

Author: Katya Suvorova
Publisher: Alcove Press
Published: 09/29/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9798892426855


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2026

About the Author
Raised as an undocumented Russian immigrant in Texas, Katya Suvorova (she/her) is now a US citizen writing from Seattle. Her work is powered by strong coffee courtesy of her husband's amateur barista phase, a cat so unruly she once earned a spot on the no-fly list, and a three-legged dog who moves through the world like she has five legs and no regrets. Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter is her debut memoir.
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