I have read other books by Kristin Hannah (The Nightingale, Firefly Lane), really liked them, and had been told I needed to read this one, so when this was on the Buy 2 Get 1 Free table at work I grabbed it. And I loved it.
It is part historical fiction, the fall of Leningrad, and part family drama, mothers and daughters and the way it can be quite complicated.
Nina and Meredith are two sisters with a very distant relationship with their mother. They don't even know exactly how old she is. They also have a complicated relationship with each other. Meredith stayed near their parents and went to work in the family apple orchard business. She is married to her childhood sweetheart Jeff and they have two daughters and two dogs. Nina is a photojournalist traveling the world with her camera and her lover Danny. Her life is a constant adventure.
When their father has a heart attack they make him promises about taking care of their mother. In the form of a fairytale she tells them they get to know her and what she went through and why she is the way she is. The sisters also learn a lot about who they are two and it is a heartbreaking and beautiful journey that takes them from Russia to Alaska and much further.
My reads with Hannah are three for three and I will read more by her for sure
(Finished July 28, 2019)
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