Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. For county prosecutor Paul Copeland, mourning the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Balancing family life and a rapidly ascending career distracts him from his past traumas, but only for...

The dying wish of a loving father ignites a family drama that brings two sisters and their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother together in a story that reaches back to WWII Leningrad.

Already teased by her classmates because she is different, Molly is embarassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll for the school Thanksgiving project who looks like her mother did when she arrived in the United States seeking religious freedom.

In a novel that moves back and forth between the Soviet Union during World War II and modern-day America, Marina, an elderly Russian woman, recalls vivid images of her youth during the height of the siege of Leningrad.

Married unhappily to a prominent member of her tight-knit Russian immigrant community, vivacious Anna K. engages in a reckless affair with an outsider on whom she has pinned fleeting hopes for freedom.

"She was the cherished grandmother who sang songs in Russian, loved to roller-skate, and spoke little of her past. But when Granny Dan dies, all that remained was a box, containing an old pair of satin toe shoes, a gold locket, and letters tied with ribbon. It was her legacy, her secret past, waiting to be discovered by the granddaughter who loved her but never really knew her...In 1902, a motherless young girl arrived at a ballet school in St. Petersburg,...

Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Russians, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.