"Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband" is a pioneering work of broad interest and significance. It fills an important gap in information about the burgeoning 'traffic' in mail-order brides from Russia."--Jehanne M. Gheith, coeditor of "A History of Women's Writing in Russia" "Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband "provides a rich and well-researched account of Russian brides, who, because of the lackluster economic conditions in Russia, hope for a better marriage and life by marrying foreign, mostly U.S., men."--Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel, University of California, Santa Cruz