A LONG, LONG TIME AGO AND ESSENTIALLY TRUE

On the eve of World War II in a place called Half-Village, a man nicknamedthe Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. Usinghis ?golden hands? he decides to turn her family?s modest hut into abeautiful home, and build his way into her heart.But war arrives, cutting short their charming courtship and bringing withit terrible events.Fifty years on, young Baba Yaga leaves her village to make a new life inKrakow. What she finds is not the city of her grandmother?s tales but aplace struggling in the aftermath of communism?s fall, where opportunityseems reserved for the lucky few. Then tragedy strikes and the pastreaches out an unexpected hand to her.What Louis de Berničres did for Kefalonia, Brigid Pasulka does for Poland,weaving together the two strands of her story with a deftly magical touchinto a witty, wise and heartbreaking love story that will enchant you tothe very end.