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Darya is a young woman trying to recover her life after a brutal terrorist attack shakes her rural Russian hometown, killing her young sister. Her father wants her married off to one of his car-shop employees and her mother has resurfaced as the matriarch of their family, displacing Darya and even blaming her for Nika´s death. But the attack has drawn foreigners to their community, reporters and aid workers who open Darya´s eyes to the world. When she falls for a older man, a journalist from New York, could he be her ticket out of her hometown, her old life and her grief? A stunning story about finding your voice in the aftermath of tragedy, from acclaimed author Julie Mayhew.

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