First published in Russian—this book by the creator of the famous “Schindler’s List” brilliantly combines a family story and a historical novel: a tale of people, of war, and of people at war.
Sally and Naomi are sisters, but they were never particularly close. Events connected with their mother’s death widened the gap between them—yet at the same time bound them together with ties stronger than love and attachment: a shared sense of guilt and the need to keep one terrifying secret.
The sisters volunteer to go to the front—during the height of the First World War. The horrors of war become a trial they must face together. Will this bring them closer, or finally drive them apart?