•A young woman’s struggle for independence that mirrors Poland’s struggle to come into its own in the 1990s, when this book is set (common Polish theme of weddedness of personal fate to national fate)
•Rich, dense prose, “jewel-like in its intensity” (Kirkus Reviews)
•Wioletta Greg (Wioletta Grzegorzewska) is an award-winning poet and the author of Swallowing Mercury (translated by Eliza Marciniak)