5th Post

This week I started reading a book called The Kitchen Boy. It's a fictional story about the boy who was with the royal Romanovs when they were killed. It's in the point of view of that boy, now 94 years old, telling his story to a tape recorder to give to his daughter. When he immigrated to America he changed his name and tried to forget the whole ordeal. He had told no one of this story except his wife, and she died a long time ago. I haven't gotten into the story yet, but I think it will get pretty intense. Also, there's another storyline with the daughter. She went to someone's house in Russia in the prologue, and I think it was her grandmother, but I'm not sure. Maybe she will visit her father while he is recording his story. Or, maybe she will learn her father's story from this woman she visits. It seems like a good plot, and I think it's also a memoir, not just a story. I hope that the man, whose name is Leonod (Leonka for short), tells of his interactions with the royal family, and what he knows about the two bodies that were missing from the secret family grave and the many carats of family jewels that were lost after the family was killed. This story also seems to have a hint that Leonka will learn something about himself in the process. Maybe to not be so reserved and secret, or maybe telling his story will allow him to die. It seems intriguing that someone knows what happened to this mysterious family and is finally telling what happened. This book looks like it will be a good book, and I think I will enjoy it. But I'm only done with the first chapter, so I'll have to see what the book has to tell.