Review: Wow!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2012
After reading this award-winning author's literary short story collectionCorazonesI decide to try this novel.I'm so glad I did. It is excellent so far! I'm very pleased. It's like I'm there, in Russia, with this mother trying to save her daughter, and dealing with the horrible health care system. I mean when she got to the part where the doctor explained she hadn't been paid in two months and that the government was trying to pay her in bathrobes I found myself talking out loud to my kindle. And I haven't even gotten to the spy part yet.To think, I almost didn't buy this book because of the cheesy title. Don't let that make you miss out on this fabulous novel. Ms Sherwood-Fabre's personal experience living in Russia is evident, and contributes to the setting in this novel. It feels remarkably realistic. Her skills as a writer shows in the deft selection of detail she chooses in each scene. The book is so well done and vivid, that as a reader I find myself carried away. That's good writing! And excellent storytelling.