MR ediciones 2010

In the small Chinese city of Harbin, Anya Kozlova, a thirteen-year-old girl, lives surrounded by the love of her parents, Russian immigrants who fled their country after the Bolshevik Revolution. However, just months before the end of World War II, her father dies in a tragic accident, and her mother, Alina, is deported by the Chinese authorities to a labor camp in Siberia.

Alone, desperate, and with no other relatives to turn to, Anya is forced to emigrate first to Shanghai—a glamorous city where she works in the most famous nightclub of the time—before moving to the Philippine island of Tubabao, where she joins other Russian refugees and prepares for her eventual departure to 1950s Australia, a still-untamed and wild country where, after great effort, she achieves success and personal recognition.

Witness to a harsh, captivating, and pivotal era in Europe and the world, we follow Anya across continents, countries, landscapes, and cultures. We see her fall in love, marry, and lose everything, while also witnessing her struggle to answer the only question that gives meaning to her life: what happened to her mother?

This marvelous and irresistible novel recreates the indestructible bond of love between a mother and her daughter.