A Life in Fragments by Marina Litvinenko review – intimate testimony of Putin’s poisonous regime

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According to the Guardian, A Life in Fragments by Marina Litvinenko, co-written with Emily Fairbairn, is a moving memoir of life in exile, love and loss. In the book, Marina portrays her murdered husband, Alexander Litvinenko, not as a tragic figure, but as a vibrant, loving and optimistic person. Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated in London in November 2006 after his tea was poisoned with radioactive polonium, with a public inquiry concluding that Vladimir Putin had probably approved the hit. Marina rejects the label of widow and decides to continue her husband's fight against the Kremlin and the appeasing policies of Western governments toward Moscow. The book also shares poignant new details of Alexander's agonizing decline, Marina's early life in Moscow, and the subsequent personal blows she faced, including the theft of her computers and her relentless campaign for justice.