The betrayal
By: Helen Dunmore
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Isis large print
Publisher: Isis
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780753187357; 9780753187340
Subjects: Fiction; Social life and cutoms; History
Description: Leningrad in 1952: a city recovering from war, where Andrei, a young doctor and Anna, a school teacher, are forging a life together. Summers at the dacha, preparations for the hospital ball, work and the care of 16-year-old Kolya fill their minds. They try hard to avoid coming to the attention of the authorities, but even so their happiness is precarious. Stalin is still in power, and the Ministry for State Security has new targets in its sights. When Andrei has to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer he finds himself and his family caught in an impossible game - for in a land ruled by whispers and watchfulness, betrayal can come from those closest to you.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Adult.