John A. Hopkins reviews East to West across Russia: The Long Journey Home and writes, 

"I’m not a good reader (in the sense that I don’t read many books etc.) but once I put my hand on this book, I couldn’t leave it down. But why? I’ve been to Russia and Ukraine (3 times) so a book where the protagonist travels the Trans-Siberian Express and documents his experiences and thoughts captured my imagination. I believe the character only referred to as 'N' is a real person and past love of the protagonist (and I intuit that his heart has been broken over the loss of that love). Perhaps this trip was a way that the protagonist thought or felt would help him 'exorcise her ghost'?! I’m anxious that I’ll lose this review (as I’ve done the last three) so I’m gonna post it now. Finally, I wish the protagonist all the best for making a beautiful book available for us to read and experience." 

Thank you, John, for such a heartfelt and personal reflection on East to West across Russia: The Long Journey Home.