1 Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Dickey reports on the lives of real Russians, based on her travels there on three occasions ( 1995, 2005 and 2015). With our THE BUZZ: new president and his controversial goodwill toward Vladimir Putin, the timing of this travelogue seems prescient. by Lisa Dickey ( St. Martin’s Press, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday)

Dickey A boy rides an ice slide featuring a sculpted Kremlin at Moscow’s Poklonnaya Gora park.