This is a fantastic book to read.
It's a beautifully written and well-thought-out novel.
The characters are all so lovely (well, almost all of them! ), and you feel so attached to them that I had a tear in my eye when the story ended.
This story spans two time periods.
Madame Burova, a tarot reader and secret keeper, is introduced to us in 1973, when she is just starting out in life as a powerful and independent young woman, and in the present, when she is beginning a new life in retirement.
However, before she can really enjoy her future life in, she must fulfill a vow she has kept for many years, even though it means ripping open old wounds.
We encounter Billie at almost the same time.
Billie is divorced, no longer works as a university professor, and recently lost her father, so she is at a crossroads in her life when she learns something that will forever change her life.
It's a beautifully written and well-thought-out novel.
The characters are all so lovely (well, almost all of them! ), and you feel so attached to them that I had a tear in my eye when the story ended.
This story spans two time periods.
Madame Burova, a tarot reader and secret keeper, is introduced to us in 1973, when she is just starting out in life as a powerful and independent young woman, and in the present, when she is beginning a new life in retirement.
However, before she can really enjoy her future life in, she must fulfill a vow she has kept for many years, even though it means ripping open old wounds.
We encounter Billie at almost the same time.
Billie is divorced, no longer works as a university professor, and recently lost her father, so she is at a crossroads in her life when she learns something that will forever change her life.