This is the story of two women living difficult
lives resulting from past events. Masha’s son disappeared when he was a toddler
and believed to have drowned. She spends her life visiting the local Victorian
cemetery, hoping for the existence of heaven for her son. She daily encounters
a gruff woman who feeds the crows and dubs her “Sally Red Shoes.” Grief is
Masha’s constant companion.
Alice lives to protect her teen son, to
his extreme dismay and irritation. She longs to go back to the days when she
was the only person in his life.
There is so much between the pages of
Masha’s transformation and Alice’s search for atonement.
It’s a slow read but worthwhile and
touching.
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