Beyond Siberia: Two Years in a Forgotten Place

Sharon Dirlam and John McCafferty were Peace Corps volunteers in Birobidjan, capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Russia, a place that was cut off from foreigners for most of the Twentieth Century. The Russians they came to know, their relationships with these two Americans and with each other, and the passions and intrigues of the people around them are the heart of this true story.