637 pages
English language
Published Oct. 31, 2001 by Morrow.
Tatiana and Dasha Metanov are two sisters sharing a cramped apartment with their brother and parents in Stalin's Russia when Tatiana meets and falls in love with Alexander, "an officer in the Red Army whose self-confidence sets him apart from most Russian men and helps to conceal a mysterious and troubled past."--Jacket.
Not sure I can spend any more time with these characters. Honestly, it’s like the movie The Piano: it would be better if it had finished earlier.
