Fifteenyearold Elena lives in a church attic in San Franciscos Richmond neighborhood, where she is cared for by her guardian, a kind Russian priest named Father Al. Six days a week, Father Al sends her out of Our Lady, across the meadows and ponds of Golden Gate Park, and all the way to Baba Veras house on Taraval Street for Babas version of school. Unlike regular school, however, Elenas learning is unnerving. Baba Veras preposterous demands, dizzying antics, and house which is full of skeletons, brooms, strange implements, and guinea pigs, among other oddities seem straight out of a Russian fairy tale Father Al used to read to Elena ... not life in 2020. If not for her beloved doll, Kukla bequeathed to her by the mother she never got to know, but of whom she often dreams Elena would be overwhelmed. Yet she works hard at every task given her, understanding intuitively that there is a purpose to every one of her grandmothers strange assignments. Frank, a young taxi driver, enters Elenas world on the day he delivers a strange, witchlike woman named Anya to Our Lady. Upon meeting Anya and Elena, a dreamworld begins to spin for him and he feels a deep, protective pull toward Elena. In the days that follow, Frank devotes himself to saving her from the harm he is sure Anya intends toward her. What he comes to understand, as he enters more deeply into Elenas story, is that she has magic of her own. He thought he was supposed to save her but in the end, the two of them may...

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: She Writes Press; Classification: FM; Weight: 416 g; Dimensions: 140 x 215 x 18

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