Becoming Fire

The continuation of Natalia Nesterova’s historical saga “The Lot of the Righteous Sinners.”

Any person is part of a family, any family is part of a country—and there is no person who could hide behind the walls of some separate little world in an era of great changes. But even when people become little cogs in a terrible system, everyone still has a choice: to let hate into their heart, burning everything around, or to open it to love, which will warm loved ones and light their path. The Medvedevs from Siberia leave their home, remembering happy days and keeping terrible secrets—now each of them has their own road. The “younger” women take center stage. Timid yet unyielding, simple and wise, gentle and fearless— they are united by their devotion to “their own” and their willingness to save them at any cost…