Description
On the eve of World War II, in a place called Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. To court Anielica Hetmanskahe offers up his golden hands and transforms her family s modest hut into a beautiful home, thereby building his way into her heart. War arrives to cut short their courtship, delay their marriage, and send the young lovers far from home, to the promise of a new life in Krakow. Nearly fifty years later, their granddaughter, Beata, repeats their postwar journey, seeking a new life in her grandmother s fairy-tale city. But instead of the whispered prosperity of the New Poland, she discovers a Krakow caught between its future and its past. Whimsical, wise, beautiful, magical, and at times heartbreaking,
Author: Brigid Pasulka
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/18/2010
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9780547336282
ISBN10: 0547336284
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary