The Pendulum of Birds

After her father’s death, Anna, together with her brother, created “Phoenix”—an organization that helps people. Their clients are women suffering from husbands who abuse them, lonely elderly people, those who are incurably ill, and people who have lost loved ones. Those who need care. People in trouble. One day Anna’s brother disappears without a trace, and in an instant she becomes a client of her own agency. Searching for her brother leads her down an unexpected path, forcing her to look inward—and uncover the grim secrets of a family past that turns out not to be quite what Anna has always believed. Anait Grigoryan, author of the bestseller “A Village on the Oredezh River”: “A healing book that restores faith in people and gives hope for victory over injustice and loneliness.”