Review: Engrossing Novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2014
This novel has me hooked from the first chapter. I thought it was a delightful story about a young Russian girl called Marina whose life is changed dramatically both by political events and by her own personal circumstances.  As her childhood innocence begins to disappear so to does the innocence that many Russians feel as their usual way of life is interrupted by unforeseen events.I studied the dissolution of the Soviet Union as part of a school project and so I was amazed by how detailed and accurate many of the observations in this novel are.  The author has certainly done her historical research, as well as coming up with a fantastically entertaining story.