num_pages: 187
description: Nellie Reed disappears from her home at 22 Lipka Street, and her husband Frank--suspecting she has returned to England--must raise their three young children with the help of beautiful Lisa Ivanovna
language: English
title: Beginning of Spring
titlecomplete: Beginning of Spring
genres: Literature, British Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Russia, Novels, Historical, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2936
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Henry Holt & Co