Bright Girl

10 hrs. 36 min.

Language Russian

Author Helena Eklung

Narrator Ekaterina Manoylo

Description

Charlotte’s daughter, Stella, is sensitive and brilliant—maybe even a genius—yet her mother has been worried by recent changes in her behavior. After Stella’s nanny, Blanca, suddenly dies, the child who once was destructive and antisocial becomes obedient and compliant. But most alarming is that she starts repeating Blanca’s character: phrases, accent, and a furious craving for Armenian meat stew after she was raised as a vegetarian. Charlotte is pregnant with her second child, exhausted and sick because of the pregnancy. She is convinced that the transformation of Stella is somehow Blanca’s fault. But how can a dead Blanca be connected to their lives? Did Blanca somehow take control of Stella? Has Stella become Blanca? Charlotte becomes increasingly obsessed—certain that only she can save her daughter… though soon it turns out that her husband thinks all this is only in Charlotte’s head. The unique, chilling voice of Helene Echlin sheds light on blurred boundaries in diagnosing children and on the life force of maternal instinct.