The Silence of Trees
Excerpt from The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu
29/02/08 14:10
Oblivious of the dangers that surround her in World
War II Ukraine, sixteen-year-old Nadya sneaks out in
the middle of the night to ask a fortuneteller about
her lover. She never expects it to be the last time
she sees her family alive. To escape the invading
Russian army, she and her beloved flee West, but only
Nadya survives, ending up in a Displaced Workers camp
in Germany. There she meets Pavlo and chooses to
leave the past behind. In Nadya's world, house
spirits misplace sewing needles, a fortuneteller's
cards predict the future, and the dead whisper
secrets in the night. Nadya must somehow appease her
dead, and in doing so finally find a way to start
living.
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