Girandole

Jirandole by Yana Borис is the story of people from 1917 to the 1950s, the fates of the heroes and events woven into an incredible, bizarre pattern. Snowstorms of counterrevolution, smoke of the Civil War, and artillery shells of the Great Patriotic War swept over the country, while people tried to live despite everything. What only the exiled brought to faraway Kazakhstan—Stradivari’s violin, a sapphire jirandole earring, a yellow skirt, and half-erased memories!

Former tobacco shop owner Platon Sentsov brought only his beloved Tonechka, while engineer Lev Averbukh brought an entire defense plant. People’s destinies intertwine with the tragic fate of the country. Will families be reunited, will lovers stay together, and will the jirandole earrings become part of the family set again—one that keeps the memory of once-upon-a-time love?

This mesmerizing book by Yana Boris will be a real gift for teens and adults 18+, for fans of historical novels, Guzel Yakhina’s work, and Young Adult books from the Trendbooks publishing house. “Jirandole” teaches wisdom, wholeness, the ability to overcome hardships, empathy for people harmed by circumstance, the ability to forgive—and to do everything that depends on you in order to remain human.