[Family and the state in Soviet Lithuania: gender, law and society. Dalia Leinarte]

ENEnglish-language readers are fortunate to have access to Dalia Leinarte’s important study of gender and family life in Soviet Lithuania. Drawing on oral histories and archival materials, the study will be of great interest to scholars of gender, sexuality, and the history of the Soviet system. The book is organized thematically rather than chronologically, a structure that tends to bury key turning points that would help the narrative cohere, but together the chapters provide a fascinating composite picture of everyday life in Soviet Lithuania.