St. Martin's Press
January 2011
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Featuring: Nina Whitson; Meredith
400 pages ISBN: 0312663153 EAN: 9780312663155 Paperback Add to Wish List
Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t
know her mother?
From the author of the
smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors
comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates
the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring
links between the present and the past
Meredith and Nina
Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at
home to raise her children and manage the family apple
orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world
to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved
father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together
again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother,
Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. As
children, the only connection between them was the Russian
fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his
deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in
his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time—and all
the way to the end. Thus begins an unexpected journey into
the truth of Anya’s life in war-torn Leningrad, more than
five decades ago. Alternating between the past and present,
Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing
story of their mother’s life, and what they learn is a
secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the
very foundation of their family and change who they believe
they are.
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