Because You Are

At university, Oksana’s difficult temperament was almost the stuff of legend — she dismissed admirers quickly and without hesitation. But Vlad proved not to be one of those who retreat easily: in the end, he won her favor and married her, though the question remains whether pity can ever serve as a solid foundation for a life together. When the reader meets Oksana, she is already a mature woman, and her past is revealed only gradually — through memories of her youth, her personal choices, and the student hunger strike during the Revolution on Granite.