A Ukrainian family story told in two timelines, by grandmother and granddaughter. It's an easy-to-read pageturner, especially the grandmother's retelling of her family's escape to Siberia and the hardships to endure during WWII. The family dynamics are a good mix of interesting and messy, yet feel not fully developed to their potential. Larissa and her sisterly guilt. Natasha and her mother's unlived dreams. The Orlov brothers and that love triangle which wasn't that great that it warranted mysteriously leaving out paternity details from the list of characters at the beginning of the book. Still, it was very enjoyable. Even if it is another one of those, where I am disappointed because it feels it could have been more.
